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Developer Mode: Running Apps Outside of the Gear VR Headset

To run a VR application without loading your mobile device into a headset, you must enable Developer Mode.

It is often convenient during development to run VR applications without needing to insert your device into the Gear VR headset, which can be a time-consuming process during development.

When Developer Mode is enabled, any Oculus application on your mobile device will launch with distortion and stereoscopic rendering applied without inserting the device into a headset. Devices in Developer Mode implement limited orientation tracking using phone sensors. Orientation tracking may be disabled with the appropriate setting to System Properties or Local Preferences (see Android System Properties and Local Preferences for details).

Enable Developer Mode

To enable Developer Mode, you will need to provide a Oculus signature file (osig) to access protected functionality on the Samsung device. You may do this in two ways:

Install and run an APK signed with an osig on the phone you wish to run in Developer Mode. If you have already done this, then no further action is necessary.
Alternatively, you may download an osig from the Oculus Signature File Generator and copy it to the phone directory /sdcard/oculus/.

Once you have provided an osig, follow these steps to set your phone to Developer Mode:

Go to Settings > Application Manager
Select Gear VR Service
Select Manage Storage
Click on VR Service Version several times until the Developer Mode toggle shows up
Toggle Developer Mode

Note: If you do not see the Developer Mode toggle switch after tapping VR Service Version several times, close Gear VR Service and relaunch, and you should see it.