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Native C# SDK for custom engine?
Hello everyone,
Do you know if it's possible to make games for immersive headsets without Unity? I've a custom engine powered by MonoGame which already supports VR. However I don't find any SDK for C#, all seems to be for Unity.
French XR/MR developer / Indie Game Developer
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You can use the Windows UWP Apis to implement VR support in C#.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/directx_development_overview
(note that the Visual Studio templates aren't quite published yet)
I'm curious how challenging this is to implement in your game engine. I'm guessing rendering is where you want to start, and that starts with getting a HolographicSpace:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/getting_a_holographicspace
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You can use the Windows UWP Apis to implement VR support in C#.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/directx_development_overview
(note that the Visual Studio templates aren't quite published yet)
I'm curious how challenging this is to implement in your game engine. I'm guessing rendering is where you want to start, and that starts with getting a HolographicSpace:
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/getting_a_holographicspace
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(Daddy, what does 'now formatting drive C:' mean?)
Well, it's not so hard if the API is well made. Basically we've to create two render targets (one per eye). In the rendering process, we first draw the left eye and the right eye. To draw eyes we use data sent by the headset. So the minimum required to implement VR in my engine is:
And for controllers I can use the InputManager API.
French XR/MR developer / Indie Game Developer