Here’s how to add custom environments to your Oculus Home.
Call me simple, but one of my favorite features of SteamVR and Oculus has always been the ability to upload custom home environments. Whether it be the main control room of the Deathstar or the TV room at Planet Express, there’s something oddly comforting about slipping on a VR headset and being greeted by a familiar environment.
Thanks to the hard work of several committed developers, that same feeling can now be enjoyed on standalone VR with custom Oculus Home environments for the Oculus Quest.
Taking advantage of the Quest’s sideloading capabilities, you can now spice up your Oculus Home with a growing lineup of custom 3D environments plucked directly from your popular films, tv shows, and games. This includes the living room from The Simpsons, Rick’s garage from Rick And Morty, the Death Star hangar, the flight deck of the N7 Normandy from the Mass Effect trilogy, and the Holodeck from Star Trek, just to name a few. Some of these environments even include audio SFX, music, and various animations.
Interested in mixing up your Oculus Home? Here’s how to get started adding custom environments:
Before you can get started uploading your new environment you’ll need to uninstall your current default environments. The best way to go about this is through Sidequest; simply connect your headset, head into the apps section, and delete com.oculus.environment.prod.rifthome (“Classic” Rift Home) or com.oculus.environment.prod.winterlodge.
From here, simply download the APK of the environment you’d like and sideload it to your connected headset via Sidequest. If your environment doesn’t load after you select it, simply choose another environment and then switch back.
For an even more immersive experience, a few of these custom environments feature additional audio SFX and animations. The Simpsons environment, for example, features the shows theme song running on a loop. Adding audio requires you to sideload an additional settings app and then update your virtual environment. Of course, there are still plenty of hiccups to look out for.
For a full list of the available environments, check out the Oculus Homes Discord.
Feature Image Credit: Vince Crusty and TycoTech @ Discord
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