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Can you call ovr_Initialize() multiple times?
Hello,
I am curious if I can call ovr_Initialize() and ovrHmd_Detect() multiple times in a thread without breaking anything?
The reason is that I would like to have a background thread that runs which detects whether the Rift has been plugged in or unplugged. In this manner I would like my application to adapt to the changes to the system.
I assume once the Rift is running and in use by the application I can't rerun ovr_Initialize() but if that is not the case please let folks know.
Thank you for your time.
I am curious if I can call ovr_Initialize() and ovrHmd_Detect() multiple times in a thread without breaking anything?
The reason is that I would like to have a background thread that runs which detects whether the Rift has been plugged in or unplugged. In this manner I would like my application to adapt to the changes to the system.
I assume once the Rift is running and in use by the application I can't rerun ovr_Initialize() but if that is not the case please let folks know.
Thank you for your time.
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- ovr_Initialize() returns immediately if the system is already initialized.
ovrHmd_Detect() "detects or re-detects HMDs and reports the total number detected". Don't call it from different threads at the same time though. - Try checking ovrHmdCaps for ovrHmdCap_Present.
