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motorsep
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7 years ago

[Go / Gear VR] How to determine what HMD user uses ?

@imperativity

I just tested my app on Go and was instantly disappointed with the controller. It's not the same as Gear VR and I am gonna have to adjust a lot of things for it :/

That being said, now I have to know what HMD user uses and based on that select control scheme.

How can I determine whether it's Gear VR or Oculus Go in use, using Blueprints in UE 4.19.2 (or in upcoming 4.20) from Oculus github repo ?

Thanks beforehand
Oculus Go
Samsung Gear VR
Unreal Engine 4

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  • MaxArch's avatar
    MaxArch
    Heroic Explorer
    7 years ago
    I think you could test if the 72 Hz display frequency is available. If so its a Go
  • mouse_bear's avatar
    mouse_bear
    Retired Support
    7 years ago
    @motorsep Let me inquire internally to see what's the best practice here.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    Here's what I used to detect which device is which - just the simple "get device name" node:



    Note it was changed to "Oculus Go" in 4.19. In 4.18 it was something else like "Pacific" but don't really remember now. If you're still using 4.18 just print string it out.
  • motorsep's avatar
    motorsep
    Start Partner
    7 years ago
    @aussieburgerVR

    Nice, thanks. How did you figure the names? (specifically why GearVR has no space between Gear and VR, but Oculus Go has space between the words)
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    motorsep said:

    @aussieburgerVR

    Nice, thanks. How did you figure the names? (specifically why GearVR has no space between Gear and VR, but Oculus Go has space between the words)


    Just did a print string from the "Get Device Name" output while the device was connected to the Dalvik Debug Monitor before I realized the newish "Debug Canvas in Layer" VR rendering option (in project settings) makes it even easier to read your print strings while in VR :)