OVROverlay example Depth Buffer Testing doesn't work with OpenXR plugin

[robbbbbb]

Description

When switching to the OpenXR Plugin the overlay using depth buffer testing in the OVROverlay scene sample no longer composites correctly vs other objects in the scene.

Using the Oculus XR Plugin the compositing works as expected.

Setup

Unity: 2021.3.36f1 Packages: Meta XR Core SDK v 62.0.0; OpenXR Plugin 1.10.0; XR Plugin Management 4.4.0 Device: Quest 3, OS version 63.0.0.399.366

Repro

With no other modifications to the code or project configuration:

• Open the OVROverlay.unity scene
• Add a single default cube to the scene, ensure it sits between the camera and the OverlayUIGeometry object
• Build using Oculus > Samples > Build Starter Scene and deploy to device
• Select the OVROverlay scene from the starter scene menu
• Switch between 'OVROverlay' and 'Application' in the menu
• Note that the cube sorts correctly in front of the background images
• Back in Unity, install the OpenXR Plugin package
• Under Project Settings > XR Plug-in Management switch Plug-in Provider to OpenXR
• Build using Oculus > Samples > Build Starter Scene and deploy to device
• Select the OVROverlay scene from the starter scene menu
• Switch between 'OVROverlay' and 'Application' in the menu

Expected Results

The cube sorts correctly in front of the background images, as it does with the Oculus XR plugin.

Actual Results

In 'Application' mode the background images are rendered by the WorldVsOverlayComparison > WorldspaceUIGeometry object rendering on the Default layer directly in to the main camera. In this mode the cube sorts correctly against this geometry.

In 'OVROverlay' mode the background images are rendered by the WorldVsOverlayComparison > OverlayUIGeometry object rendering on the OVROverlayUI layer in to an orthographic camera writing to a render texture. The render texture is then set as the source texture for an OVROverlay component on the OVROverlayQuad-DisplayCamRT object with 'Enable Depth Buffer Testing' flag set. This overlay should sort in front of the cube, but instead the overlay is rendered over the top of the cube.

[tdmowrer]

Have you set the "Depth Submission Mode" in XR Plug-in Management > OpenXR?

[robbbbbb]

@tdmowrer afraid so, as we were discussing on the other issue thread, when using the Oculus XR plugin you need to check the “Depth Submission (Vulkan)” flag for this to work, but in OpenXR plugin options that doesn’t exist and this one you point out makes no difference, irrespective of whether you choose 16 or 24 bit.

For belt-and-braces I also checked these in the Windows Standalone options tab, just in case Unity was piping these through incorrectly. Also no effect.

[tsaileo-meta]

Hey @robbbbbb, thanks for bringing this to our attention. This issue has been fixed and is in the pipeline to go out in our v65 SDK. The issue was that the depth testing OpenXR extension wasn't properly being utilized when our Meta XR Feature is enabled.

[robbbbbb]

Hi @tsaileo-meta thanks for the feedback. There are also a bunch of other issues in this repo which are related (and seem to have simple solutions) just wanted to make sure you were aware of them since nobody's responded as yet:

• https://github.com/oculus-samples/Unity-StarterSamples/issues/14
• https://github.com/oculus-samples/Unity-StarterSamples/issues/15
• https://github.com/oculus-samples/Unity-StarterSamples/issues/16 In addition there's this issue we've just raised against the Unity-DepthAPI samples repo which looks very similar (a feature that works fine when using the Oculus XR plugin and just doesn't work at all with the OpenXR plugin - again we suspect this is just a 'plumbing' issue at the plugin/Oculus SDK level, rather than anything fundamental): https://github.com/oculus-samples/Unity-DepthAPI/issues/34

[AlexThiv]

We released v65 with the fix for this.

[WikkidEdd]

Thanks @AlexThiv looking forward to trying this. I'm curious though, why isn't this fix mentioned in the release notes?