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Strange Shadow Rendering with Oculus Runtime 0.7 and Unity 5.1.3p2 Continuing in 5.2.1f1

Discussion in 'AR/VR (XR) Discussion' started by ZefanS, Sep 9, 2015.

  1. ZefanS

    ZefanS

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    I recently upgraded to Unity 5.1.3p2 and to Oculus runtime 0.7, along with the newest Nvidia driver 355.84, and since I've been getting this strange shadow rendering behaviour when running with VR enabled in Unity. I thought it might have been due to calibration problems, but re-calibrating using the Oculus utility didn't help. Furthermore, the strange shadow rendering is visible on my monitor as well as on the Rift. See the screenshots for what I mean:
    NewVRArtifacts.png
    NewVRArtifactsMarked.png
    The shadow edges are visible in your peripheral vision when wearing the Rift.

    It was present on both Unity projects I tested with. They were created in 5.1.2f1 and 5.1.3p1.

    Here are my system specs:
    Windows 7 64-bit
    Intel Xeon CPU E5-2637 v3 @ 3.50GHz
    64 GB ram
    Nvidia Quadro K5200 & Quadro K4200 with driver version 355.84
    Oculus Runtime 0.7
    Display Driver Version: 1.2.7.0
    Positional Tracker Driver Version: 1.0.11.0
    Unity 5.1.3p2
     
    ZefanS, Sep 9, 2015
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  2. ZefanS

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    Just upgraded to Unity 5.2 and the problem persists. Can anyone confirm seeing this?
     
    ZefanS, Sep 11, 2015
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  3. henryeg

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    I've been seeing the same thing. Project was created in 5.1.2f1 and Oculus Runtime 0.6.1, upgraded to Unity 5.2 and Oculus Runtime 0.7, and the problem has persisted.

    System specs:
    Windows 8.1 64-bit
    Intel i7-4790k
    16 GB ram
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, driver 355.60
    Oculus Runtime 0.7
    Display Driver Version: 1.2.7.0
    Positional Tracker Driver Version: 1.0.11.0
    Unity 5.2.0f3


    OculusBadShadow.png
     

    Attached Files:

    henryeg, Sep 11, 2015
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  4. ZefanS

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    Just upgraded to Unity 5.2.1f1 and the problem persists. This is in a new project with only standard assets and the single room model imported. NewVRArtifacts5.2.1.png
     
    ZefanS, Sep 23, 2015
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  5. williamj

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    Hi @ZefanS

    Could you please submit a bug report and post the number here? We will look into it right away.

    Thanks

    Will
     
    williamj, Sep 23, 2015
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  6. ZefanS

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    Thanks for the reply.

    Here is the bug report: 730034
     
    ZefanS, Sep 24, 2015
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  7. insiderrr

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    Is this the same behaviour ?, i use the oculus as well, and i get this shadow glitch.
    shadow_issue.jpg

    When creating a new project, everything is fine, looks like something is happening during the process
     
    insiderrr, Oct 3, 2015
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  8. digitaljohn

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    I have the exact same issue...

    shadow.PNG
     
    digitaljohn, Oct 4, 2015
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  9. ZefanS

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    That looks like a different issue to me. You're seeing that in the editor, correct? I've never seen any problems with the shadows in the editor, only when running the game. You might want to start your own thread if the problem persists.
     
    ZefanS, Oct 5, 2015
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  10. williamj

    williamj

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    Hi @ZefanS

    We have reproduced the issue in 5.2.1f1

    But we CANNOT reproduce the issue in an alpha build of 5.3. I will speak to the devs about backporting the change to a patch in 5.2. Otherwise, it will be fixed in 5.3.

    Will update once I get more info on the change.

    -Will, Unity QA
     
    williamj, Oct 5, 2015
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  11. henryeg

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    I've seen this in both editor game mode and in the standalone build.

    @williamj Hooray! Good news, good news.
     
    henryeg, Oct 5, 2015
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  12. ZefanS

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    Oh, interesting.

    Well, in any case, good news. Thanks for all your help Will!
     
    ZefanS, Oct 6, 2015
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