[web-vr] Firefox WebVR very stuttery?

Hi Jaako, While we wait for native device vsync to land in Firefox, try the following: Oculus runtime 0.8-beta (direct mode only) Geforce drivers v. 358.70-beta (as per the 0.8 runtime page) Firefox Nightly w/ following flags (set via about:config <about:config>) * dom.vr.enabled: true * gfx.vr.mirror-texture: true * layout.frame_rate: 75 (to match DK2 refresh) Content from @MozVR/webvr-demos works well, with the exception of Polar Sea and Nepal videos. We suspect this may be due to issues with video decoding and/or the EleVR player, and are looking into it :) — Josh Carpenter Product Design, MozVR > On Nov 6, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Jaakko Alajoki <jaakko at alajoki.fi> wrote: > > It's PC running Windows 8 and some ATI gpu. And Oculus DK2. > > > > Josh Carpenter kirjoitti 2015-11-06 21:55: >> Mac or PC? >> >> — >> Josh CarpenterProduct Design, MozVR >> >>> On Nov 6, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Jaakko Alajoki <jaakko at alajoki.fi> wrote: >>> >>> I can't check the hardware right now (the machine is at our office) but everything was smooth when using runtime 0.6 and I was able to adjust the refresh rate to 60 Hz. After upgrading to 0.7 I started to experience issues. >>> >>> Josh Carpenter kirjoitti 2015-11-06 20:39: >>> >>>> Hi Jaakko, what hardware are you running on? >>>> >>>> Sent from mobile >>>> >>>> On Nov 6, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Jaakko Alajoki <jaakko at alajoki.fi> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Do you have more exact estimate when this will land nightly? I am supposed to present my webvr work at Slush startup conference in next wed and right now the output is very choppy on Oculus. Just wondering should I downgrade the runtime or wait for the fix :) >>>>> >>>>> - Jaakko >>>>> >>>>> On 30.10.2015, at 1.01, Joshua Carpenter <jcarpenter at mozilla.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> While I think of it, is there any kind of changelog or something that I should be looking at to keep up with these things? >>>>>> >>>>>> Absolutely; we flag WebVR bugs with a [webvr] tracking flag in Bugzilla. Here’s a saved search for all the open platform bugs: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://mzl.la/1VX5FRr [2] [3] >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone filing new bugs is asked to add that whiteboard tag so the team sees them :) >>>>>> >>>>>> We’ve been pretty awful at making this information easy to access so far; we’re working on site updates that will improve that transparency, so it’s easy to check a page like mozvr.com [1] [4] and see what we’re working on, flag new issues, etc >>>>>> >>>>>> — >>>>>> Josh Carpenter >>>>>> Product Designer, MozVR >>>>>> Mozilla >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:41 PM, RavenWorks <omgitsraven at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ah, great, thank you! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> While I think of it, is there any kind of changelog or something that I should be looking at to keep up with these things? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2015-10-29 6:37 PM, Joshua Carpenter wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Quick response from meeting: for smooth results in current Nightly builds you need to set your HMD refresh rate to 60hz. With the 0.7 and 0.8 Oculus SDK, this is no longer possible. So for the time being, for smooth results in Firefox, you need to use the 0.6 SDK, which does allow refresh rate configuration. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The good news is: adaptive refresh rates are coming to Firefox Nightly very soon. So Firefox will render at the native device vsync of the HMD—no user configuration required. With support for the 0.7 SDK (and 0.8 soon after). We have this working in one-off builds, and it's a very nice performance boost. Lower latency, lower pixel persistence, and higher refresh rates. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The hope is that lands the week after next in Nightly. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> — >>>>>>>> Josh Carpenter >>>>>>>> Product Designer, MozVR >>>>>>>> Mozilla >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 3:33 PM, RavenWorks <omgitsraven at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I've just gotten back into WebVR after a bit of a break, and I'm finding that Firefox's WebVR is immensely stuttery, in a way that Chrome isn't for the same content. I don't think this used to be the case -- has it gotten worse lately for anyone else? This is happening on my own homemade code, and on sites like mozvr.com [1] [1]. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The strangest part is that logging the times of my requestAnimationFrame callbacks suggests I'm actually getting a *very* high frame rate (higher than the display rate even), which makes it seem like it's not a rendering problem at all, but some other bottleneck? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I haven't figured out what's going on precisely enough to do anything like file a bug report yet, but I figured I'd at least check if I'm the only one having this experience or not. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, SDK 0.8.0.0, Nightly 44.0a1 (2015-10-28). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> While I think of it, I'm also getting a lot of flickering black in the right eye of my DK2 in Firefox (but not in Chrome), in a way that seems reminiscent of vsync-related screen tearing, in case that's relevant. >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> web-vr-discuss mailing list >>>>>>>>> web-vr-discuss at mozilla.org >>>>>>>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/web-vr-discuss [2] >>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> web-vr-discuss mailing list >>>>>> web-vr-discuss at mozilla.org >>>>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/web-vr-discuss [2] >>>> >>>> Links: >>>> ------ >>>> [1] http://mozvr.com/ [3] >>>> [2] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/web-vr-discuss [4] >>>> [3] http://mzl.la/1VX5FRr [2] >>>> [4] http://mozvr.com [1] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> web-vr-discuss mailing list >>>> web-vr-discuss at mozilla.org >>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/web-vr-discuss >>> _______________________________________________ >>> web-vr-discuss mailing list >>> web-vr-discuss at mozilla.org >>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/web-vr-discuss >> >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://mozvr.com >> [2] http://mzl.la/1VX5FRr >> [3] http://mozvr.com/ >> [4] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/web-vr-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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