Is there a way to display Startup Movies in a VR HMD?
Example Scenario: User has a Vive HMD on, browsing through SteamVR home, selects and launches app. Currently, they would see Steam’s default “loading room” in VR and the startup movies display on the user’s monitor (not visible in the HMD).
In PSVR, when launching an app with the HMD on, Startup Movies are displayed in “cinematic 2d” by default. They are played on a flat plane in PSVR’s default loading room. I’d like to do the same in Steam.
I’d rather not create my own “startup room” in Unreal and run the movies on a card there, as this would require the engine/game to be loaded first. My understanding of the Startup Movies are that they’re partially meant to be played to cover game load times.
Hi, I think what you’re reffering to are Splash Screens
“Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) offers support for displaying videos or images while a level loads when using Oculus, Gear VR, SteamVR, and PSVR Head Mounted Displays (HMDs). The loading movie or image will run on the rendering thread and can also help to mask frame rate issues while your content is loading…”
Sorry, I’m referring to Startup Movies specifically (Project Settings > Project > Movies > Startup Movies). These play when your game is launched. I do have Splash Screens set up for level transition/loading as described in your link.
