vr_camera

The following is an VR camera implementation built for the Arnold renderer, a Monte-Carlo unidirectional path-tracer developed by Solid Angle. The implementation is simple, basically two cameras offset by a distance with an specific 360° projection.

For more information about this camera:
http://www.pedrofe.com/oculus-camera/

Instructions to Compile the Camera

Windows

• Set the environment variable ARNOLD_PATH to the folder where the Arnold SDK is located. If you have installed Arnold in this folder:

C:\solidangle\releases\Arnold-X.X.X.X-windows

You will set ARNOLD_ PATH to that folder using this command:

set ARNOLD_PATH="C:\solidangle\releases\Arnold-X.X.X.X-windows"

• Then, we will open a Visual Studio command prompt and execute the following command:

cl /LD /I %ARNOLD_PATH%\include /EHsc VRCamera.cpp /link /LIBPATH:%ARNOLD_PATH%\lib ai.lib

Mac

• Assuming you have installed Arnold in this folder:

  /Users/userName/solidangle/Arnold-X.X.X.X-darwin

  Open a terminal and set ARNOLD_ PATH to that folder using this command:

  export ARNOLD_PATH=/Users/userName/solidangle/Arnold-X.X.X.X-darwin

• Then, execute the following command to compile the camera shader:

gcc -I$ARNOLD_PATH/include -L$ARNOLD_PATH/bin -lai -dynamiclib VRCamera.cpp -o VRCamera.dylib

Installation Instructions

MtoA

• Place the resulting VRCamera binary and the VRCamera.mtd files in this folder:
  %MTOA_PATH%\shaders\
• Place the aiVRCameraTemplate.py file in the %MTOA_PATH%\scripts\mtoa\ui\ae\ folder

C4DtoA

Windows

• Place the resulting VRCamera binary and the VRCamera.mtd files in this folder:
  C:\Program Files\MAXON\CINEMA 4D <Version>\plugins\C4DtoA\shaders\
• Place the C4DtoA res Cinema4D UI resource files in this folder:
  C:\Program Files\MAXON\CINEMA 4D <Version>\plugins\C4DtoA\res\

Mac

• Place the resulting VRCamera binary and the VRCamera.mtd files in this folder:
  /Applications/MAXON/CINEMA 4D <Version>/plugins/C4DtoA/shaders/
• Place the C4DtoA res Cinema4D UI resource files in this folder:
  /Applications/MAXON/CINEMA 4D <Version>/plugins/C4DtoA/res/

HtoA

• Place the resulting VRCamera binary and the VRCamera.mtd files in this folder:
  %ARNOLD_PLUGIN_PATH%\shaders\

SItoA

Windows

• Place the resulting VRCamera binary and the VRCamera.mtd files in this folder:
  <SITOA_INSTALL>\Application\Plugins\bin\nt-x86-64\

Linux

• Place the resulting VRCamera binary and the VRCamera.mtd files in this folder:
  <SITOA_INSTALL>/Application/Plugins/bin/linux/