Added full support for Advanced SubStation Alpha (ASS/SSA) V4+ subtitle format that supports text formatting (font, style, size, colour, etc.) and animation.

It is widely used in fansubbing to add stylized subtitles to anime content.



Added a visual ambient effect that will extend and warp the edge of a video screen around your field of view based on the @BerZerker96 VHT user suggestion.



This visual ambient effect will help create a more immersive experience when gaming or watching videos.

This feature is available for the following video screen projections: flat, bi-curved, and fisheye.

Some Edge-aura in action when gamming non-VR games in Desktop Mirror mode are shown here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/images/


Here are some YouTube video examples you can try in Desktop Mirror mode to test this Edge-aura visual ambient effect feature together with the VHT's 3D spatial audio for a truly immersive VR experience by using the abundant classic (non-vr) existing videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XZx1o_w-A (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhjjnsgFlE (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHerLNmuhhY (use bi-curved screen, Warp=0.17 and 6DoF)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AswXiy8JCsI (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns7GNo_Y3K8 (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRxu8rQ7zw4 (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJkED5DIpEQ (use flat screen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sekgSjwdKfc (use bi-curved screen and Warp=0.14)




Added a pseudo 6DoF movement simulation in the 3D video space for the following video screen projections: flat, bi-curved, 180, 360 and fisheye.
Read the pop-up tooltip for more info.



Use this when gaming a non-VR game in Desktop Mirror mode or when watching a 3D 180/360 video.

This can also be very useful in Desktop Mirror mode to get closer to the screen to be able to read small font text on high resolution screens.




Control the mouse arrow position with your head (HMD) pose.
Read the pop-up tooltip for more info.






Made a patch to help the VHT start in Steam Proton Linux environment.

This fix is based on the work of @dragon_root, a typical VHT user:


For more info read:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/3410929607713609656/

Bug fix for VHT not starting in SteamVR when using a HTC VIVE Pro 2.

Bug fix for VHT not playing http direct video links when using Clipboard feature.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/6781949392683830078/

Bug fix for VHT not saving a newly created environment as default.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4844273660404894076/

Bug fix for VHT crashing when using an audio device that is used by another software (e.g. Voicemeeter) as WDM (WASAPI) audio interfaces for output in exclusive control mode.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/6610810166135623801/

Bug fix for monoscopic subtitles on 3D Full-Frame Side-by-Side videos.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4415298372648884640/

Bug fix for wrong color primaries used for video image when a video file has no color primaries defined.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4352247531898735401/

Bug fixes.

Fix for green tint only in right eye of 3D-SBS videos visible on AMD Radeon 7900 XTX GPUs due to memory allocations bug aligned to 256 bytes.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/989060/discussions/0/4208119548512541153/

Fix for OpenComposite (OpenXR) users.

https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR