HereSphere update v0.8.0 for the Quest 2 is now available. This update adds support for external subtitles and some minor quality of life improvements.

Subtitles:

• External subtitles are now supported. Place the subtitle file (srt/ssa/ass) into the same directory as the video and rename the subtitle file to match the video name excluding the extension.
• The subtitle settings menu can be opened by pressing on the "CC" icon above the seekbar.
• When viewing VR videos, the depth of the subtitles will be adjusted based on the autofocus depth. You can tweak the depth of the subtitles by adjusting the autofocus scale or setting a fixed distance. The vertical position of the subtitles can be adjusted with the pitch setting.
• When viewing flat videos, the subtitles depth will be flushed to the screen. You can offset the depth by changing the "Screen Depth Offset" setting.
• Subtitles can be supplied with the HereSphere API with the "subtitles" field, which is an object consisting of "name", "language", and "url" string fields.
• If a video has internal subs, you can use an app like FFmpeg or MKVtoolnix to extract the subtitles to an external file. For example, this FFmpeg command will extract the subtitle file: ffmpeg -i videofile.mkv -map 0:s:0 subtitlefile.ssa

Quality of life improvements:

• Added a "Network File Deletion Delay" setting to the user settings. This is the number of seconds the player will wait for a network file to close before trying to delete the file. If the number is set too low, then the file deletion may fail due to the file not being closed.
• Changed the near clip plane distance from 10cm to 0.1cm, which allows objects like the motion controller to not get clipped when placed close to the face.