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Bigscreen VR is the most disappointing VR app I've ever used. Please stop wasting time making hardware and make your app better. I see the potential and I expe
by christiangenco 4y ago
Bigscreen VR is the most disappointing VR app I've ever used. Please stop wasting time making hardware and make your app better.
I see the potential and I experience the need regularly: I want to watch movies with friends remotely in a cool VR environment that feels like we're watching together in a theater.
In practice my options are to:
- pay to watch "a vast movie selection" of 140 films, the majority of which are anime[1]
- run the buggy (and so aptly named) Bigscreen Beta PC client[2] which will probably crash during weird unlikely edge cases like your screensaver turning on and critically depends on your internet upload speed for a good movie watching experience for everyone. Get ready for frequent "wait is it showing a black screen for you guys?" troubleshooting. It only runs on beefy PCs right now but don't worry: a macOS version is being worked on circa 2019[3].
- send the video file to everyone and get them to download it to a folder of their headset (which involves running Android File Transfer; nontechnical friends will struggle) then start a shared room. Arguably the least painful option with the best overall quality.
When it works though it's so good. Watching a film in Bigscreen feels like watching a film in an actual theater. Their drawing and popcorn throwing features are hilarious and fun. Their spacial audio is a blast. Their selection of virtual theaters is plentiful.
Here's the experience I want to watch a film with friends in Bigscreen:
- log into my Netflix/Hulu/Disney+ account through Bigscreen
- create a new room
- pick a movie
- share an invite code
I understand for that to work Bigscreen would need to make complicated partnerships happen, so in the meanwhile I'd like to be able to:
- drag and drop a video file into bigscreen.com/newroom
- see an invite code I can join from my headset and share with other people
Please someone create this experience. You can use WebXR[4] to do the whole thing with the web stack you already know and you could probably just download a ready-made 3D model of a movie theater[5].
1. https://www.bigscreenvr.com/movies/catalog https://www.bigscreenvr.com/movies/catalog
2. https://store.steampowered.com/app/457550/Bigscreen_Beta/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/457550/Bigscreen_Beta/
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/c7kx2n/bigscreen_vr_and_macos/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/c7kx2n/bigscre...
4. https://immersiveweb.dev/ https://immersiveweb.dev/
5. https://www.turbosquid.com/Search/3D-Models/free/theater https://www.turbosquid.com/Search/3D-Models/free/theater
- layer8 4y ago> the majority of which are anime[1] I don’t see any anime on that page. Would actually be a plus for me.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- programmarchy 4y agoWould be cool if the headset was just an AirPlay receiver that could map the video stream into VR space. Although I suppose that wouldn't work for Netflix anymore since they killed AirPlay support.
- ponyous 4y agoChromecast receiver maybe? Most streaming services support chrome cast. Not sure about implementation and licensing.
- sansieation 4y ago..or just watch movies together in VRChat like everyone else. Bet it's a less janky experience than what you describe.
- 4y ago