Virtual Reality and OpenXR in UE5

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Unreal Engine 5 VR Template now uses OpenXR support for almost any headset and ships tools like a CollabViewer for multiuser sessions and a VR template that can build same project for Quest and Windows without separate setups. The demo shows tangible features: enhanced input mappings, a spectator camera with dampening to reduce nausea, a dash teleport (lerp) instead of blink, foveation and forward rendering for mobile, and experimental Lumen/Nanite VR that sometimes works but remains unstable.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 14:02VR fundamentals and best practices
3. 23:23OpenXR templates and VR setup
4. 36:29Extending VR pawn with features
5. 1:02:10Grabbable objects and menus
6. 1:36:56Optimizing Lumen/Nanite in VR
7. 1:43:44Q&A

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