What are best practices for view/orientation reset?
Hi all, I'm having trouble finding any info on best practices for view resetting in Rift games. In particular: 1. Should we rely on the system calibration for the view orientation - or is it best to also include some way for users to tap a key to reset their view while playing? 2. Assuming we do offer some key combo/UI option to reset, should we reset the position only, or the position *and* the orientation? 3. is there some best practice for things such as a countdown mechanism, or should the reset happen the moment they press the key? Thanks!
How do HMD and tracker together give 6DoF information
Hi, I am trying to understand how the sensors on the HMD and the tracker together provide the 6DoF information. More specifically, I wonder if blocking the tracker disables positional tracking totally. When I tried that, it seems to give a similar experience to 3DoF with only rotational tracking when I toggle the 'Use position tracking' in Unity. But are they exactly the same? Does the tracker has any contribution to rotation? Also, does the HMD alone provide any translation (considering the head model)? Thanks, MCDisabling Oculus tracking/rotation
Hey, I'm aware that this question has been asked quite a lot (https://forums.oculus.com/community/discussion/40288/is-it-possible-to-disable-all-tracking, https://forums.oculus.com/community/discussion/comment/242286), but everything i've found has been for Unity, when I'm working with the C++ API (Using CV1, newest SDK). Anyway, I'd ideally like some function (like an ovr_DisableTracking), that i could call on initialization that would stop the Oculus from responding to any gyroscopic, accelerometer, etc, readings. Basically i want to turn the Oculus into a head mounted dumb screen. I've tried a separate thread that calls the ovr_SubmitFrame as frequently as possible, but the occasional frame drop or context switch leads to this making the image occasionally get out of sync with the actual HMD orientation, leading to black bars. Plus I'd prefer to drop an unnecessary thread. The reason i want this is because i want to have a camera mounted directly on the front of the Oculus piping into the screen, making any Oculus orientation readings redundant, since the camera moves with the user's head anyway. Any recommendations or code samples would be fantastic. Thanks.
