Keeley what are you doing here right now we're about to buy 15 oculus headsets at best buy
because i couldn't buy it on the oculus website
man i want my headsets today i'm going to get them right now let's go right here oh my god oh my god
dude but i don't know if they have the right one they look like they're all out of stock really
yeah the lady told me they had them oh no dude let's get someone help hi hi
how are you guys um i'd like to buy 12 oculus headsets uh i'm gonna see what the system allows
the system allows some type of restrictions and then we have to follow that yeah certain items
have uh restrictions of how many we can sell okay and then the benefits oh yeah what are you
guys going to be using it for personal yeah we just said just viewing viewing showcasing yeah
gaming oh okay they're not gonna be returned like no no we don't plan on i've i've i've got my card
we're not trying nervous yeah hopefully i'm not gonna retain okay good yeah
um i'm gonna check what the system will allow okay okay thank you thanks oh my god
check it out 15 oculus headsets all right here what we just bought it at best buy all in one day
my best buy because we got that protection plan and we got it all in one day don't have to wait
for oculus what how much the production the protection plan 200 bucks for all of these
headsets to cover all of these headsets all of them all of them what that's crazy
dude i'm stoked let's watch movies in vr
We successfully got 15 brand new Meta Quest 2 at the lowest price
with a free exchange 2 -year protection plan for all of them. While the official Meta
website rejected us for even three headsets. But now, we come to the second challenge.
How to sync all these Meta Quest 2 together for an immersive theater experience?
Well, this tutorial will teach you just that. Let's go!
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Hey, what's up, everybody. It is your boi Hugh here. As a VR filmmaker, you need to know how to
run your own LBE - Location-Based Entertainment VR Theater. Even just 2 VR headsets at a trade show,
having a no controller, seamless experience for your viewers is crucial for your success.
The reason why we choose Meta Quest 2, the consumer version at BestBuy, is because they
are the cheapest. Pico Neo 3, HTC Focus or even Pico G2 4K are all more expensive than Meta.
It turns out, it is a lot easy to get Kiosk Mode and Theater Mode just like
the business version of Pico. And I am soon gonna show you the most cost-effective way
to build a VR theater, no matter how many VR headsets, 100 or 1000.
What you will need - Swivel Office Chairs, Lots of Meta Quest 2 VR headsets, A strong
wifi router that support more than 20 devices connection at the same time, and a computer
or iPad for controlling all the headset. oh and don't forget that this Disinfectant
Wipe right here and used to wipe people's faces to keep it clean and
wait that's for toilets don't make the same mistakes get it for your face not your butt
After you unbox all the Meta Quest 2, may sure you label all of them with numbers.
And don't forget to label your controllers as well. Then, pair all the VR headsets under 1
Facebook or Oculus Account.
There are lots of Oculus VR games that support a single Oculus account purchased
with multiple players - like SythnRider and Dead & Buried 2. Games like Dead and Buried
2 - you can have an indoor arena with 6 friends with 6 VR headsets to play against each other,
lots of fun. But we are not talking about VR games here. We are talking about building a low-budget
VR theater to showcase your 3D 360 photo, Virtual Tour, 360 Film or VR180 video to all your friends.
Those friends are probably not VR gamers or never used a VR headset in their life. The goal
here is to sync all these headsets together to have a social viewing experience in the
same physical space, without them touching the controller or learning how to use a VR headset.
So how? Introducing Showtime VR. There are lots of VR theater solutions out there.
I tested all of them, and Showtime VR is the best and the most stable.
If you only need to sync up to 3 Meta Quest 2, it is FREE as well. So it is really low budget.
I have more than 10 Meta Quest 2 here, so I have their Pro account. But compared to
getting Meta Business account or Pico Neo 3, this is still a lot cheaper.
Let me quickly run you tho how to set all these up.
First, download the controller app on your Android or iPad. It also available on PC and Mac.
Then go to this link. It will send you to the official Oculus App Lab. Click okay about
the warning message. And hit GET. It is free. Then put on your VR headset. Showtime VR app is
already in your app. Go ahead and download it into your VR headset one by one. Open the app in your
meta quest 2. Now, you can take off your headset. The next is an optional step, but I will recommand
you turn off oculus guardian on all Meta Quest 2 VR headsets. Especially
your Swivel Office Chairs are not locked to the ground. To turn off the guardian system,
first apply an Oculus Developer Account. If you have SideQuest, you can do that there as well.
Then, on your phone with the Oculus App, go to Devices. Pick the device to connect
to it. Find Developer Mode and turn it on. Restart that Meta Quest 2. Go to Settings, and
now you see Developer tap. Inside Developer, you now have the option to turn off Guardian. Easy!
The goal here is never needs to use the Controllers when the Theater is all setup.
Connect the Meta Quest 2 you just turn off Guardian with your computer with a USB-C cable.
If you are on Mac like me, you will also need an Android File
Transfer app to transfer the video files. You can set up your VR theater branding. When
people put on the Meta Quest 2 on my setup, they will see my logo, my IG handle, and my
360 photo background of Kauai - Kalalau Lookout. They can look around to enjoy Kalalau while I am
setting up the Theater. The first impression is important. You want to give your viewers
something to do even during setup, so they don't take the VR headset off. While you at it,
don't forget to follow me on Instagram for more amazing content. This is the Instagram handle.
To customize your VR headset like this is very easy in Showtime VR. Prepare a PNG logo image and
your best 360 photo in 4096 by 2048 px. Don't know how to capture an impressive 360 photo?
Check out this tutorial series right here. After you connect your Meta Quest 2 with your
computer and you confirm the connection inside your Meta Quest 2. The headset will show up
on your computer. Go into Showtime VR folder, you will see a config.txt right here. Move it to your
computer and open it with a text editor. Change the name of your Meta Quest 2 here.
It should be the same as your physical lable right here. Being organized is extremely important
to running a VR theater. If you have 1000 of Meta Quest 2, you need to know precisely which
headset is running low on battery or having an issue - so you can swap it for the viewer.
NR is the number - I set it as the number of the headset name.
Here I set the branding and skybox - which is the 360 photo path. Then, I move the
logo.png and skybox.jpg into the Branding folder in this Meta Quest 2 VR headset.
Now, it is time to load up some video content into the headset. Under the video folder, I put in all
my 360 top and bottom 3D video shot on Insta360 Pro 2, Titan or Obsidian Pro here under 3D.
For mono 360 videos I put it under 2D folder. 3D 180 video shot on the Canon EOS VR under 180
3D LR. And finally, Showtime VR allows you to do a voice-guided Virtual Tour with both mono
360 photos and 3D 360 photo. This is perfect for Virtual Tour Creator for house showing without
potential buyers going tho all the houses physically. 99.9 percent of the Virtual Tour
is 2D on a web browser. In my opinion, this is lame. If you want to stand out in your Virtual
Tour industry, use 3D 360 photo and showcase it inside a Meta Quest 2 with Showtime VR.
After all the media are transferred into the new Meta Quest 2,
this headset is prep and ready to go. Now repeat the same process on all 15 of the Meta Quest 2.
Kiosk Mode VS Theater Mode Kiosk Mode is great for tradeshows. After
you set your Meta Quest 2 in loop and Kiosk Mode, People can just pick up the headset and watch your
video. After they finish the experience or take the headset off before finishing the video, the
VR headset automatically resets to the beginning of the video. The next person can enjoy it without
the need of an operator to reset it for them. But if you are looking for a more social
viewing experience - theater mode is what I will recommand.
So now everything is all set, and all Meta Quest 2 are connected on the same local wifi - let's
run the VR theater live together so you can see it in action.
okay so we have all the headset right here so you can see like this headset's actually
low battery power but we can see all them these three has it's not connected
so figure out what's going on number two is right here right so all 10 headsets connected right now
and we're going to see 08 and 00 is actually no power so you probably plug it in but here the
command center as you see you can see literally everything going on you can adjust the headset
volume right here to make sure that that are in the loudest volume so the user doesn't need to touch the headset
so uh to really adjust the volume and now we're gonna go ahead and play this number two they all
loaded the same video but we're gonna play the same video and all the headsets i'll hit this button
to automatically add players so if you're not starting all at the same time when they have to join again
they will actually sync with all the players we have the synchronized vr theater experience
so you can turn on Kiosk Mode or loop if you're on a tradeshow but we're not doing that so
do that and then we go ahead and select all the headsets all ten of them and play the same video
so as you see right here they all start to play when you see green they are playing you
actually see the headset right now but we can also see like maybe the 02 what is the viewer
watching right there you can actually go on live preview to see the headset of your 002 right here
let's actually grab the 03 which is right here so number three right here i gotta go on live preview
for that and see if i move the headset around right here you see i really like see where's
viewers looking at and like look down look up look at the logo turn all around so we can fully know
monitor which viewer is watching and then cast it on the screen as well so you really have a
full on command center in this screen right here to see everything's going on As you see how easy
to run 10 Meta Quest 2, and sync them together for a social VR experience. The audio is synced
as well, so you can also have a surround 5.1 audio experience or Dolby Atmos instead of using
headphones or the Oculus speaker. So it is more Theater like.
you are a filmmaker and care about audio, you know what I am talking about.
Showtime VR uses your hardware decode specs. This means you can play 5.7K in 3D 360
in 60fps and 8K in VR180 also in 60fps with the Meta Quest 2. So the image quality is going to
be a lot better than Pico G2 4K - which are lots of VR theaters using these days. 8K VR
is a lot better looking than 4K VR. So if you are just building your own, investing in the latest
VR headsets is the way to go. When Meta Quest 3 is released, this workflow will still work.
Thank you for watching this pretty advanced tutorial. I am here to support VR filmmakers
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We will have more Metaverse Filmmaking and VR Headsets related content coming. We will teach you
how to remote manage all your VR headsets no matter where they are, so your client doesn't
need to learn to sideload or sidequest. How to do VR livestream in VR headsets and much much more.
I will see you next time or see you in the metaverse.