Recently I started building some 3D full scene screen scenes for iStripper. I thought I'd share some of the technical things I found and others can add any other useful things they have done into this thread if they wish to.

iStripper clips are of course at this time filmed in 2D. There are tools out there that could convert the iStripper footage to 3D, there are tools that could upscale old clips to 4K or even higher resolutions - I would love iStripper to look at these technologies but in the mean time here's what I have found.....

I have an Meta Quest 2 VR headset, so most of what I have found is geared towards that.

What you can do
Using the existing iStripper system you can create a full screen scene that is split into output intended for the left or right eye, called Side by Side or SBS. This format can also be viewed on a 3D TV I think but I've never had one. Using this format the scene can have a true depth effect so that different elements appear near or far. For myself I have found this to be a great new immersive way to use iStripper.

There's links to some SBS scenes that have already been created in the scene-sharing section:

https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/29408/83

Everything about iStripper / Share your FullScreen - Member Created Scenes here

This thread will be Strictly for the member created Scenes for Full Screen and the Screen Saver. list of shared Scenes Thread https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/42492/1?post=626142 Scene Discussio...

How to view your SBS screen in your headset
To get my SBS output playing on my monitor into the headset I use "Virtual Desktop" https://www.vrdesktop.net/ .
It's not free but it's worth every penny. Once you've set that up and can see your monitor(s) via the headset you will find there's a menu button below your monitor (point your pointy things anywhere off your monitor and press the trigger button to have the menu appear) and then select "Half SBS".

Once you've got into SBS mode, I find I might need to adjust the virtual size and virtual distance of my virtual monitor to get the best results.


About the screen resolution
Using SBS format we have to split the available display in half, one half for each eye. When the VR headset receives the input it stretches it back out to the original aspect ratio. This means that although we get that great 3D feel we have lost half of the resolution of the original in the horizontal direction. So I had a look into how I might improve this again:

Increasing the desktop sharpness
I found for my NVIDIA display that I could improve the sharpness of my output using the NVIDIA Control Panel:
NVIDIA Control Panel -> 3D Settings -> Manage 3D Settings -> Image Scaling -> GPU Sharpening = 100%
This might be beneficial for all users not just 3D.

Increasing the headset sharpness
In your Virtual Desktop headset menu options you will find:
Settings -> Computers -> Use Optimal Resolution
DO NOT USE THIS ! Make sure that this if off and ***** the headset to use the higher resolution of your monitor.

and then in another section I set:
Streaming -> Sharpening -> 100%

This seem to improve things a lot.

PC Montitors always on :(
For the headset to see my monitors they have to be switched on. Seems dum to me but I couldn't find a way for them to be powered off but still accessible in the Quest headset. I looked into software that could create an additional "imaginary" monitor but nothing seemed to be able to do this at the resolution I wanted and then I stumbled on "Dummy Plugs". They've probably been around for ages but I never needed one before. These are pretty cheap gadgets that you plug into a spare monitor port and like magic your PC thinks it's got a new monitor. So now I can switch off one of my two monitors have the second one showing my iStripper desktop app and the 3rd "dummy plug" one showing my full screen scene without a real monitor but still visible in my headset.

(This is also great if your Mother-In-Law walks in on you when you've got the headset on.)

If you only have one monitor on your PC then this is a great way to get a second virtual one.

More tips
If anyone else has any tech tips to get the most out of 3D SBS iStipper then please share them.