Discussion on Unreal forum at https://forums.unrealengine.com/development-discussion/vr-ar-development/106631-single-multiplayer-touch-vive-proteus-blueprint-only-template
What can I do with that, that I cannot do with the "VR Template" in Unreal? Well, rapidly: It's single or multiplayer (LAN or Oculus Home); It uses Oculus Avatars (or not); It uses voice over IP (VOIP -- Oculus Home only); full of nice features fully using Oculus functions; compatible Go/Quest/Rift; minimum use of C++ (but still some, since some methods not possible only in blueprints); hey, we were the first to propose a template back in 2016!
FOR NOOBS: This is super simple. Even if you think Visual Studio is the name of a VFX/Hollywood startup somewhere around LA with people working in open spaces and flip-flops, it requires few manipulations to set up; I could add few instructions how-to on demand. This template consists of virtual reality compatible pawn and settings, ready to drop in your single or multiplayer app. So what you can do is choose the features you want, and build yourself/modify a pawn based on the functionalities you need
- Unreal Engine 4.20, Oculus-branch, latest commit e8c8be1 (Nov 14, 2018), found at https://github.com/Oculus-VR/UnrealEngine/tree/4.20
- Unreal Engine 4.21*, Oculus-branch, latest commit 91f23fa (Feb 12, 2019), found at https://github.com/Oculus-VR/UnrealEngine
- Bug fixes, mainly about of replication of Grab/Release objects, and also replication in DebugMode
- Fixed left hand, local avatar mirroring
- Removed unused assets and folders
- Custom hand poses, both for off-line and on-line (Oculus) Avatars
- Both off-line and on-line hands now share the Oculus Avatars skeleton mesh
- Entirely redesigned
- More stable
- Use latest Oculus implementations (splash screen, play area limits, smart use of camera fade, etc).
- Unreal 4.20 & 4.21
- Unreal 4.20: Uses Oculus Platform SDK 1.24, OVR Plugin 1.31, Audio SDK 1.18
- Unreal 4.21: Uses Oculus Platform SDK 1.34, OVR Plugin 1.32, Audio SDK 1.34
- Uses Oculus Avatar SDK 1.31
- Single & Multiplayer Oculus Avatars
- Compatible Oculus Rift & Oculus Go, Oculus Quest-ready