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Ebonicus
Explorer
2 years ago

UI + Touch with Controllers

Hi All,

I've gone through all the posts, and am trying to figure out if there is a built in pointer class similar to OVRGazePointer.

I am able to get gaze pointer to work. I am also able to move OVRGazePointer references to a RHand controller, and use GazeIcon on a single hand.

However, this does not facilitate switching to left hand.

When using PrefabRuntimeController, and on OVRManager setting RenderModelSupport to Enabled, the controllers appear. I already have an OVRPointerVisualizer so the line is rendered for user with controllers. The problem is when looking at the GazePointer example, the event system is assigned a SINGLE cursor for the gaze icon. I suppose I can write a simple script on L/R triggers to switch the cursor from left to right hand, but I can't imagine this is not built into the SDK to be handled already, as I have seen other apps and both controller's have a GazeIcon (like Oculus Login / Home).

I would like to avoid 3rd party assets, and am hoping somebody has figured out how to make a controller trigger mouse/pointer events which is already built like OVRManager > OVRInputModule > OVRGazePointer.

I was hoping it would be OVRManager > OVRInputModule > OVRRuntimeController

But all that does is enable a visual.

Same with OVRManager > OVRInputModule > OVRRuntimeController

Even with OVRPointerVisualizer ( which seems to just draw the line) it does not trigger pointer/touch events

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

-Ebones

Touch controllers

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    Ebonicus
    Explorer
    2 years ago

    For anyone that wants to try using the OVRGazePointer on controllers...you can easily flip it from hand to hand.

     Simple code like this will work.
     
     
    using UnityEngine;
    using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
     
    public class PointerManager : MonoBehaviour {
     
    [Header("Required References")]
    public OVRGazePointer _gazePointer; // we will set active controller transform here
    public OVRInputModule _ovrInputmodule; // we will set active controller transform here too
    [Header("Tracking Area Controller Anchors")]
    public RectTransform LControllerAnchor;
    public RectTransform RControllerAnchor;
     
    //All this does is switch the gazeIcon (cursor) from left to right hand.
    //by flipping the Ray Transform to left and right anchors
     
     
     
    void Update() {
        
    //If they hit right trigger, 
    if (OVRInput.GetDown(OVRInput.RawButton.RIndexTrigger)) {
    //make sure it is the assigned pointer
    if (_gazePointer.rayTransform != RControllerAnchor)  ChangeActiveController(RControllerAnchor);
    }
     
    //Do same for left
    if (OVRInput.GetDown(OVRInput.RawButton.LIndexTrigger)) {
    //make sure it is the assigned pointer
    if (_gazePointer.rayTransform != LControllerAnchor)  ChangeActiveController(LControllerAnchor);
     
    }
     
    }
     
    void ChangeActiveController(RectTransform which) { 
    //Set it
    _gazePointer.rayTransform = which;
    _ovrInputmodule.rayTransform = which;
     
    }
     
    }