Please have native support for locomotion devices
It would be great to have native support for integrating VR locomotion devices (Freeaim VR Shoes, Kat Walk, Virtuix Omni, Natural Locomotion, etc.) similar to how it works with SteamVR. In SteamVR, we can implement our own driver that will translate movement from the device to joystick commands. SteamVR loads the driver and then forwards the joystick commands. We can also retrieve useful information from the headset via the driver and send it to the device, such as HMD position and orientation. Currently, to support a locomotion device on the Meta Quest, game developers have to integrate support. This isn't scalable and is a lot more work than if the locomotion manufacturer could just implement a driver/plugin/background process that works for all games that have locomotion.
Native alternate locomotion solutions
I would love if at the native Operating System level, if the Meta Quest could support alternate locomotion solutions. Take the Kat Walk C2 (which yes, I do have one), if it could network directly to it via their Kat Nexus, you could then go controller free using hand tracking, and free walk in infinite space with your legs. The Kat Walk and your legs would now replace the thumbsticks. But open that up for ALL alternate locomotion solutions devices. Toggle the option “on”, then pick your type of alternate locomotion; in my case, an omnidirectional treadmill/slidemill, but other solutions as well. VR shoes where you march in place, and others. But whatever your locomotion solution, it would either replace or augment your controllers, and now all games natively are replacing my thumb sticks. It’s just a thought…
(Unity) OVRPlayerController- How to get OVRPlayerController to move with OVRCameraRig
I'm working off the standard OVRPlayerController, which has an OVRCameraRig as its child. This is a game where I need thumbstick locomotion (which the OVRPlayerControllerProvides), but I also need roomscale movement. In other words, I need to make sure that when the player moves physically, his in game avatar should also move. Currently whats happening is that when the player moves physically, the OVRcameraRig moves with him, but the parent OVRPlayerContoller does not move. This is an issue because I need my OVRPlayerController to move with my player at all times for proper collision tracking and targeting by Hostile AI. What is the best way to achieve this? Iv'e tried a few ways to make it work but wondering what the cleanest solution is. I'll also need hand tracking for this game. Perhaps I should simply use the AvatarSDK standard avatar and make it a child of a Character Controller for thumb stick movement? thanks for the help!
Alternating between or simultaneously using linear Locomotion and Teleporting
Hi! My team is working on a Unity VR project using the Meta XR SDK version 60.0 targeting Quest devices. We want to offer users the choice to switch between linear movement and teleportation whenever they want, so they can use whichever they feel more comfortable with. However, we've encountered some unexpected incompatibilities between the two modes. For linear movement we are using the OVR Player Controller with a Character Controller, as in the Core SDK's OVRPlayerController Prefab, and a TeleportInteractor is doing the teleporting. Each on their own are working fine, but when the PlayerController and CharacterController are active, the player avatar is often getting thrown across the scene, seemingly bouncing off environment geometry, possibly even the ground. And when we try to set up a toggle, deactivating the Player/Character Controllers in favor of teleporting, deactivating them after they have already been in play messes with the teleport height, usually setting the viewpoint at knee height. Has anyone here found a way to use both at the same time or toggle between them cleanly, like we are trying to? Thanks in advance for every hint and suggestion what we could try!
