Profiling GearVR apps with OVRMonitor

Hi there,

Can Unity Gear VR applications be used with OVRMonitor?

(I am developing on Mac OSX Yosemite for Gear VR S6, Unity 5.2.1p2)

I am currently exploring the various ways of profiling VR applications in Unity. I started here: https://developer.oculus.com/blog/squeezing-performance-out-of-your-unity-gear-vr-game-continued/

The article mentions OVRMonitor which comes with the Oculus Mobile SDK. I gave OVRMonitor a go but was unable to open a connection to my Unity application. I made sure to

* Enable Developer Mode in the Android Build Settings,
* Add the recommended permissions to my AndroidManifest.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
<!-- Other stuff omitted ... ->

<!-- required for loading .oculusprefs -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<!-- Network access needed for OVRMonitor -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
</manifest>​

My laptop and device are also networked via the same wifi router. Indeed, I have no problem accessing the device over wifi using adb.

These are the instructions I was following: https://developer.oculus.com/documentation/mobilesdk/latest/concepts/mobile-remote-monitor/

In the Settings tab I can see my device. It also correctly detects if the device is in VR developer mode or not.



However, the Server Browser tab does not list any applications I can capture.



Am I missing anything?

Many thanks!

 

trying to get this set up now, did you get anywhere with it?

 

Just a simple update: the remote monitor can now be downloaded from this address:

• https://developer.oculus.com/downloads/native-android/

I'm also using ADB over Wi-Fi.

 

As of now, it looks like all works correctly (Samsung S7).

Oculus Remote Monitor for Windows 1.0.3
Updated: May 19, 2016
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The related Oculus Connect 2016 talk, "Maximize Performance with the Mobile SDK", can be watched here.