VR futures that can help VR users and devs

Hallo this topic about VR and futures / issue with VR after years of using it !
this topic will cover website future for VR
this topic will cover roblox app for VR
this topic will cover studio for VR
this topc will cover Roblox pc for VR

1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

the main achievement of this topic is to make VR added more for games / easier to use and add missing futures.

2 What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!

Issue with roblox VR will be listed:

1-Pc VR support is very bad and it’s impossible to see the games background while loading it’s a blackscreen

2-Roblox app in the meta quest store is outdated and missing many futures the normal roblox mobile have

3-no third person support while using VR / no camera

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Futures Request for VR:

1-add VRpc support for roblox app in PC
example roblox will detect the headset while using steam VR / virtual desktop and will auto detect the controllers and have custom bind settings to bind any controller binds to make easier to use !

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2- Future need for the roblox VR in roblox website

More clear VR support information
games that support VR hands / body tracking should have hands icon ( as example nexus VR )

games that have only headset screen Support should be have only VR headset screen icon

Avatar VR support for hand tracking / body tracking !
Avatars have support VR should be listed with VR icon support !

Why?
some roblox avatars have flipped legs and hands while using VR and very buggy !

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3-VR menu while playing

As example from nexus VR

add VR menu for VR players
that have View / roblox VR cursor / controller / height control

each option can be controlled by the developers and can be disabled so they don’t get abused or ruin the game for others without vr !
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4-Roblox studio VR support
many developers don’t make or add support VR support for their game because it cost so many money / roblox don’t have many tools to make it easier / cheaper on the developers

Future could be added for studio for VR support with hand tracking / body tracking

Auto Vr support Future:
it’s tool built by roblox that add vr support for your game without changing anything.
this future will be only for hand tracking / body tracking VR user.

what does auto vr support do?
as example:
your game have door and door handle and in pc if you click E it open !
with auto VR support enabled it will add VR support for the door and handle by it self can the door can be open when VR user open the door with his hand or custom bind.

it’s smart future can detect which is door and which is a sword or you can highlight by your self and tell it what is this item !

another example let’s say your world have swords and guns and custom hit boxes !
when the auto VR support enabled the VR user will have the same hit boxes and sword hit boxes / gun that game already have with no changes and will be able to use with hand tracking / body tracking without needing it’s own hit box and hours and months of coding !

this future will make many developers think about adding VR support without taking much time and money because the VR community is still small and not many devs really want to invest because of the listed reason.

i really hope roblox team think about of these futures because roblox is easy game to run in VR without pc and run great with pc / laptops !

Thanks for reading !
hallo

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Thanks for this topic helped me think about some solution and feedback from others:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/why-vr-is-forgetten/4565045

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I think most of these issues are split between things developers can fix and things that Roblox itself would need to fix.

For the black screen while loading in PC VR, if it happens across multiple games, it’s probably a Roblox VR/client issue rather than something the developer can fix. I’d make sure SteamVR and the headset software are updated and try launching SteamVR before Roblox.

The Meta Quest app missing features is also something Roblox would need to address, since developers can’t change the official Roblox app.

Third-person VR can potentially be done with a custom camera, although there are still limitations with Roblox’s VR system.

I really like the idea of an β€œAuto VR Support” system, though. If Roblox could let developers mark things as doors, buttons, weapons, etc., it could automatically connect basic VR interactions to the existing systems. That could make VR support much easier for smaller developers.

Hopefully Roblox can improve the VR tools and platform support in the future!

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