Roadmap

This post will continue to evolve during ALVR development.

Long-term goal

Create a universal bridge between XR devices.

Due to the low development capacity, no ETA can be provided.

OpenXR client
- Purpose: support other Android standalone headsets, improve latency on the Oculus Quest
- Status: blocked by bevy game engine adoption of wgpu v0.10
- What is done: initial exploration of OpenXR integration inside bevy (interaction system)
- What is missing: OpenXR presentation integration in bevy, decoder rewrite, compositor rewrite, interaction wiring
Compositor rewrite
- Purpose: add Linux support for FFR and color correction, switch FFR implementation to Axis-Aligned Distorted Transfer, preparation for sliced encoding
- Status: exploration phase
Encoder rewrite
- Purpose: support any OS and hardware with a single API, using Vulkan video extensions
- Status: blocked by adoption by AMD and Intel, landing of the feature on stable Nvidia drivers
Dashboard rewrite
- Purpose: improved settings flexibility and better maintainability
- Status: paused, waiting for a better UI library (a candidate is bevy UI)
- What is done: translation infrastructure, experiments with egui UI library