Oculus DK1 - Which Runtime with which Unity version and which plugin

Unity Engine
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Hi,

I am struggeling to find a working configuration for my DK1.

So which runtime should i use?
Which Unity version do I need ?
Which plugins are necessary?

Tried a lot of different combinations and searched this forum as well as the rest of the internet and
nothing seems to work.

Currently I am on runtime 0.8
Demo scene (Desk with things on it) works perfectly.
Windows 10

Please help me :slight_smile: !

2

I get the following error:
[VRDevice] Initialization of device oculus failed.

3

Its very rare to hear about DK1 in a development context these days. Oculus said that the DK2 would work for at least the rest of 2016, but even that will probably get dropped eventually.

I fear you may have to use very old versions of runtimes, drivers & Unity to get support for the DK1 these days. I think its a dead end.

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I know thats the problem :confused: but I could still work with that.
Its just for 3D visualization and walktrough stuff.
I had it running one and a half years ago but I dont remember which versions I used.

5

Well if you canā€™t find your way back via the purely oculus method and old versions of everything, it sounds like earlier this year some people were having success in some games via a different method. Use the Oculus 0.8 runtime but also install SteamVR and then use oculus via OpenVR instead of the oculusā€™s own sdk & apps. You might even be able to use latest versions of Unity via that route, but I cannot tell because I donā€™t have suitable hardware to test. Just keep in mind that newer versions of unity give you explicit control over what VR APIā€™s are used in your project, and if you try this suggestion you probably want to have OpenVR at the top of that list and remove the oculus rift item.

I wonā€™t post links to random websites I found detailing the non-Unity part of this, but just googling for something like ā€˜DK1 0.8 SteamVRā€™ will probably yield fruit.

6

Sounds complicated, I will search for that.
Thank you.

Maybe someone else has another hint for me?

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Iā€™m on a Mac, but have been using Unity 5.3.5 (and now 5.4.1) successfully with a DK1. Iā€™ve fixed my Oculus runtime at 0.5.0.1. No plugins, Iā€™ve enabled ā€œVirtual Reality Supportedā€ in Player Settings, and it works with Play in the editor or as standalone. I donā€™t mirror my display, the DK1 is a separate ā€œmonitorā€.

PS: Actually Unity 5.3.5 worked perfectly for my DK1, but after upgrading to 5.4.1 last night the rendering appears all ā€œwashed outā€ in my DK1. So maybe try Unity 5.3.5 first?