The mobile app includes support for Rift and casting for Go in its iOS and Android versions.
UPGRADE:
After having recently updated the Oculus app for iOS and Android, the company has announced that the option to cast Go to mobile is already available in beta, that is, we can already see in the app the same as the person who uses the viewer. To do this we have to open the Oculus Go menu while we are in VR and select the “Cast”option. This will send a push notification to our phone that will allow us to start the live broadcast, as long as both devices (viewer and phone) are connected to the same WiFi network.
ORIGINAL NEWS (09/10/2018):
A few weeks ago, the Oculus Connect, the annual fair where Oculus he announces his plans for the near future and of which we made a detailed summary here. In it they mentioned two new features that would add to the Oculus app, and that are already integrated thanks to a recent update (version 12) in the Play Store and iTunes.
List of new features introduced:
- Casting: It offers the possibility to visualize on the mobile screen what the VR user is seeing through its viewer Oculus Go. This feature will soon be implemented to provide broadcast on TVs.
- Support for Oculus Rift: Add a section where we can access different features of the PC platform remotely. It includes the list of friends and even the possibility of installing from the mobile content of our catalog.
