360 videos in WMR not working

Anonymous

Hello,

I'm having issues with the new Microsoft edge playing 360/vr videos in WMR. First of all, to get an option to play vr video I have to go through that app "360 videos" in the cliff house. Finding a 360 video via youtube in edge directly doesn't work because the goggle icon on the bottom of the screen is missing. However, if I start any of the offered 360 videos via the cliff house 360 video app, that opens youtube video in the edge, and now the goggle icon is present. This allows me to play VR videos, but really this doesn't work either because the videos are very choppy. I did not have this issue prior to the new edge installation. I'm using Samsung Odyssey+. Any suggestions to solve this issue?

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Anonymous

After looong trial and error,.....

Start with a reboot, Googles HDMI connected, USB disconnected (after completed boot),....plug in Goggles (USB), .......

Make sure Mixed Reality Portal NOT running and controllers are not connected to your computer (bluetooth)

On Desktop, run Microsoft Edge> go to youtube select a 360 video, you'll see the Goggle Icon , click it to enter VR,

now Mixed Reality Portal will start, ....put on your Goggles and enjoy the video.

After that you can select any other 360 video and it will work as long as all control stays with the desktop.

REPEAT:

All control has to stay with the desktop, otherwise it will not work.

Controllers have to stay disconnected, otherwise it will throw you back into the Cliff House

Hope this helps, and please,.....Microsoft,.....GET IT FIXED !!!

My setup:

Samsung Odyssey+

Win 10 v21H1 (Os Build 19043.1055), i7-9750H, Nvidia RTX 2060, 32GB

(All latest Drivers)

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Anonymous

2021-07-10T00:09:30+00:00

Hi Patrick,

The registery value is C:\WINDOWS\system32\MixedRealityRuntime.json

OpenXR version 107.2106.1002.0
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Anonymous

2021-07-09T23:13:16+00:00

It looks like SteamVR might be set to the default runtime on your machine instead of the WMR runtime. Can you provide the value of this registry key? [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Khronos\OpenXR\1]

You can obtain this value by either opening 'regedit' in Windows and navigating to the path above, or run the following command in a command prompt:

reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Khronos\OpenXR\1

Can you also search for "Apps & Features" in the Windows start menu and open the first result. Find "OpenXR for Windows Mixed Reality", click "Advanced Options", and paste the version here (Should be something like 106.xxxx.xxxxx.x)
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Anonymous

2021-07-09T00:26:03+00:00
Hi Patrick,

No problem, ask away. happy to help in getting this fixed :)

1. Is your G2 plugged into your 2080 GPU, or a port on the motherboard?

Displayport goes into my 2080 Super, the USB-C in my motherboard

2. Are you able to play VR games or use other Windows Mixed Reality experiences outside of the browser?

Yes, everything works. Heavy VR user, using hundreds of VR games and apps
1. Using Canary, navigate to Cube Sea (immersive-web.github.io, open a new tab (leave the WebXR tab open in the background), navigate to edge://gpu, search for "Driver Information", and copy/paste the lines containing "GPU#"? It should look something like this, but you may have a different number of lines.
GPU0 VENDOR= 0x10de, DEVICE=0x1e81, SUBSYS=0x13a110de, REV=161, LUID={0,46552} *ACTIVE*

GPU1 VENDOR= 0x1414, DEVICE=0x008c, LUID={0,49572}
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Anonymous

2021-07-08T23:40:25+00:00

Thank you for the Classic Apps direction. Found it. However it is still crashing or forcing me into SteamVR.

What now?
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