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QuietlyLookingInward
Up and Coming
June 24, 2020

How to receive OSC Data via UDP/IP on the Quest?

  • June 24, 2020
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Hey
there, is it possible to receive OSC Data via UDP on the Quest? If yes,
is there an open default UDP-Port or is there any way to open a
specific Port?

I'm using Unity and made a project using the plugin extOSC that works on my Laptop but it doesn't on the Quest. I think it is because the UDP Port isn't set-up
properly.
I know that SideQuest and ADB are both possible to be connected using wifi UDP/IP so I guess there is a way to do it.

I also wrote to the developer of the plugin extOSC and he told me is not 100% sure but it could be something related to the Android Manifest and the Network Permissions.

Any ideas on how to figure this out?



    6 replies

    QuietlyLookingInwardAuthor
    Up and Coming
    June 24, 2020
    Ok, just for the record. I solved by adding these two lines outside the application tag in the AndroidManifest.xml

























    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>


    :)
      oddpetrichor
      New Participant
      February 11, 2024

      Hi! i need to do this in Unity also for a quest. Where do you finde the AndroidManifest.xml ? 

      valfg
      New Participant
      January 13, 2022

      Hello MatiasBru. I'm trying to also do the same thing; be able to send/receive OSC messages from/to the Quest to an external board (Raspberry PI or Arduino) but I have no idea where to start. So far I haven't found any tutorials/blogposts about it, only you seems to have successfully achieved this. Would you mind sharing a bit more how you did it or even better share a basic project blueprint for us to work from ? That would be ideal.

       

      Thanks for your help

       

      valfg
      New Participant
      January 17, 2022

      Me again. I've successfully created an OSC conversation in-between a remote laptop (on the same network) and my Unreal Engine interface. Pressing an OSC button from the remote control trigger an event in the game. This work flawlessly. When I build, save and load that game onto the quest, this event doesn't work unfortunately.

       

      I went into my game folder Projectname/Intermediate/Android/APK when I found the AndroidManifest.xml where I've added the two lines you've indicated above outside of the <applications> tags. Saved, rebuild/save and load the game but same behavior. Have I missed something here? What IP and port are you using in your OSC blueprint? In IP i've left it empty as putting 0000 wasn't working, and i've used the 8000 port.

       

      Thanks

      xiangpeng
      New Participant
      May 28, 2024

      Hi, did you find any solution?

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