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@ID_AA_Carmack Whoa what? I was going to script 3d equirectangular in Vray, but Octane has it now?! Is this in a new public release @OTOY ?

@KevinVFX @ID_AA_Carmack Yes: http://render.otoy.com/rcdownloads/OctaneRender_2_21_win64.exe … . Use GearVR stereo resolution preset + pano cube map projection + side-by-side stereo

@OTOY @KevinVFX Note that the modified Oculus 360 Photos app for stereo cube viewing isn't public yet, but mono equirect works on older one.

@OTOY Pre-rendered content is the "highest quality scene I have seen in an HMD." according to @ID_AA_Carmack

@OTOY @ID_AA_Carmack @jauntvr Does this mean live captured content should also use cube maps? Abandon Equirectangular?

@erikdpeterson @OTOY @jauntvr Gear VR has special mode that delivers significantly higher quality with cube maps. Will release a converter.

@ID_AA_Carmack @erikdpeterson @OTOY @jauntvr Awesome. When to expect that release? Is this the best place to watch for the announcement?

@chronocide @ID_AA_Carmack @erikdpeterson @jauntvr You can load a spherical pano/video in Octane's environment mode and save as cube map.

@OTOY @ID_AA_Carmack @erikdpeterson @jauntvr That is of interest, but I am even more interested in the special cubemap playback of GearVR.

@OTOY @ID_AA_Carmack @erikdpeterson @jauntvr Sorry, that was unclear. By "special", I mean "native" - not requiring a proprietary player.

@ID_AA_Carmack @OTOY Would love to see this in Brigade.

@Dalton_VR_AR @ID_AA_Carmack @BrigadeEngine has same sbs cube map output as #OctaneRender; goal is fully dynamic+real time+live cloud stream