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Continued Enhancement of Decentraland VR Clients - Resubmission
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## Background In May 2022, the community voted to approve a [Decentraland DAO grant](https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=8fe0e0a0-d62b-11ec-b521-2f98ffa6ccb0) that expanded the scope of the DAO-funded Decentraland VR client. The VR client was ported to run natively on the Meta Quest, a significant technical milestone that made Decentraland’s codebase Android compatible.  The team brought the PCVR and Quest VR clients to parity with the web/desktop versions of Decentraland by bringing all screen UI and pop-ups into VR and made in-game interactions work with the VR controllers.  The VR client team also made stability improvements, implemented a new VR user interface, and made heavy strides towards squashing bugs and incompatibilities related to the Android headset conversion. For the final deliverable of the previous grant, the team published Decentraland VR to the SideQuest store, which can be downloaded at: (https://sidequestvr.com/app/11626)   In this grant proposal, the VR client team seeks to continue maintaining, enhancing features, and improving the performance of the Decentraland VR clients over the next 6 months. ## Summary of proposed work A summary of proposed activities is provided in this section, with additional details in the specification section of this proposal. - **New Minimum Viable Experience approach:** Shout out to Yemel for this item! Our team agrees with [community feedback]( https://forum.decentraland.org/t/dao-dba1365-continued-enhancement-of-decentraland-vr-clients/16537/7?u=mr0ng) from our previous grant proposal that rearchitecting the current Decentraland VR client may be in the best interest for the long term success and efficiency of the project. Our proposed approach is outlined in the specifications section.  - **Feature enhancements:** The team proposes to add several VR enhancements, including hand tracking, more natural avatar movements for VR and VRM avatar support, and enhancements on the VR user interface. VRM support is also in response to this [DAO proposal that passed]( https://governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=bdafe1c0-1d6b-11ed-96c7-2fa07c6df25b) by Morph.  - **Maintenance and Stability:** The team will continue to maintain the VR client over the next 6 months, fixing any breaking issues that may occur and keeping the VR client in sync with any changes from the main Decentraland branches. The team is committed to improving the performance and reliability of the VR client. This includes increasing frame rate and reducing crashes and other bugs. - **Marketing, PR and Social Media, store submissions:** Shout out to Gino for this item! Per [community feedback received on our previous grant proposal]( https://forum.decentraland.org/t/dao-dba1365-continued-enhancement-of-decentraland-vr-clients/16537/6?u=mr0ng), we’re dedicating a portion of the grant budget towards Marketing and PR for raising awareness of Decentraland VR. We will also push the client to more stores in order to bring Decentraland to a wider audience.
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Continued Enhancement of Decentraland VR Clients - Resubmission This proposal is now in status: REJECTED. Voting Results: * Yes 22% 1,369,797 VP (54 votes) * No 78% 4,847,227 VP (22 votes)
While I'd love to see VR support for Decentraland. I voted 'no' for the following reasons: 1. I agree with Eibriel in that currently the 2 largest VR platforms/marketplaces will not support DCL VR for various reasons. 2. I agree with web3nit and believe if you have already received multiple DAO grants ($460k in total) then you should really be able to show adequate results, and if you can truly present a viable test product then you should have little trouble securing additional funds from investors and therefore should not need additional funding from the limited resources of the DCL DAO. If an adequate result can not had with the initial $460k you have already been approved for, then IMO an additional $240k will not likely produce a viable outcome.
I voted Yes because you guys used a Waifu as the avatar example.
Additionally,  Yet, this team of dedicated individuals has pounded away, to provide the best tech available for our community with the initial proposal grant size.
Ask and you shall receive: https://discord.com/channels/894658869391933540/936190478003634176 This is the link that should take you to all the results you need. Hello, @web3nit @Yannakis I take it you have not been following up on the initial updates and are not in the Discord Channel for this, here you go.
Couldn't have said it better! Spot on! The VR Clients will open the floodgates to new users, customers, Decentraland population, and expansion. The proposal has my vote.
DECENTRALAND WAS MEANT TO BE IN VR!!! NOT JUST THE DESKTOP OR BROWSER. As some one who has been apart of the testing and in the VR discord Channel through every update.. This is by far, one of the most important grant proposals that DCL has currently. This team has gone above and beyond delivering, assisting and staying open with communication on every update HURDLE and LAND MARK resolved. The VR version is and has been mind blowing and I recommend anyone who has a nay say in this (DO YOU EVEN OWN A VR HEADSET TO TEST DCL VR?) to first plug in your VR headset (OCULUS) and experience what they have already created first hand before you cast your doubts. We should feel privileged to have such a great team thus far develop this for DECENTRALAND. This team has more than delivered on their promises to bring VR to us and has delivered. I would recommend everyone in this DAO to join their Discord channel to keep up and refresh on the Past-Present and future updates they have already provided vs just now tuning in before you vote NO. I also Strongly recommend you state your opinion on why you voted Yes or No when you cast your vote. It is our responsibility to not only vote but to also clarify exactly why you voted as "we" are the DAO. I think there are some great questions here, asking for specifics on obstacles that may impact publication on In App stores and I commend these questions. My personal opinion is that if you have not been apart of the Channel where the updates have been ongoing that you do so by joining and reading the back log of what has already taken place.
I love the idea of a VR client, but I've a couple of issues: # Meta > This includes being published first to Meta’s AppLabs store, and then to its full store. My understanding is that is not possible to publish on Meta store, rather Meta may select the app if they find it valuable. You may want to clarify that.  Source: https://www.circuitstream.com/blog/how-to-publish-vr-apps-on-oculus-app-lab-and-oculus-store # Steam > We will also look to publish Decentraland VR to the SteamVR store. Steam explicitly prohibits the publication of apps using blockchain technology. May be possible to publish a Decentraland client, providing that all interaction with the blockchain is removed. You may want to clarify that also.  Source: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/onboarding # MVE I would like to hear a bit more about the specs of the MVE
I would vote for this if you don't do VRM avatar support (the proposal that passed was just a Poll, not even a Draft or Governance vote).
Hey Folks, you already received 460k of grants. I think you need to show results based on previous grants.
I fully support a VR client for DCL and am so excited to see this type of grant. But I have absolutely no expertise in this area so I am waiting to hear from some of our more technically knowledgeable people to chime in with their thoughts on the budget. I would also like to hear from anyone voting against this proposal. What are your objections? Thanks guys.
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