Hey guys! Kirill is here. We have a big release on Play'a!
Please check and let us know what do you think. Any feedback will be highly appreciated!
Update available on Meta Quest, Steam and Android devices. IOS and Vision OS coming early next week.
Release notes: Added: - A new download manager. - Implemented support for simultaneous downloading of 10 videos. - Display of available storage space in the download manager. - The ability to create folders for websites in the Home menu. - The option to set a password for website folders. - Improved the UI of the tabs for websites. - The ability to change the order of added websites in the Home menu using drag-and-drop. Reworked: - Removed the Panic mode feature. - Redesigned the pagination panel. - Updated the WebView window. - Disabled the ability to download videos directly from the Play'a website. - Moved the information panel displaying time, WiFi, and headset battery status. Fixed: - A bug where quality changed incorrectly when switching projection in the web player. - A bug with the pagination panel. - General bug fixes and minor performance improvements. - Minor UI/UX improvements.
Hi, Kirill. Thank you for your great work. Play'a is currently one of the best VR players available on Steam platform.
One of reasons then I actively use it is the gaze control. Controllers in most VR headsets are quite bulky objects. Controlling the player without them is a great idea, I think.
Everything works great in this function, except for two issues that worsen UX.
First of them is shift of the player control panel menu button with each new closing/opening this panel in 180-360 degree video viewing mode. Something needs to be done about this, as it is quite inconvenient. Perhaps, bind this button to the edges of video, and not to the current position of head. So that its position is more static (as it looks in 2D video viewing mode).
Second of them is cyclic opening/closing of the player control panel when you are simply watching 2D photos. There is no such issue in 2D video viewing mode. It would be nice to make this modes look the same or just hide the cursor on photo.
I wrote about them here too - www.playavr.com/forum-1/bug-report/two-bugs-related-to-displaying-the-player-s-ui-menu
Also the information panel for displaying time, Wi-Fi signal, etc - is a great thing. Now it looks much better at the bottom than before. And it would be great to add it to the player control panel in viewing modes for photos, videos, etc.