Skip to main content
InfiniteArray
Inspiring
May 23, 2024
Solved

Direct Interactable UI Sliders and Dials?

Hello everyone!

I am planning on building an application where a user can use their hands to directly interact with a button, a slider and a dial (as opposed to using the joystick and raycast to manipulate the UI element).

Oculus has a template for virtual buttons that can be interacted with directly with the hand. But I am struggling to find if such a thing exists for sliders and knobs. All the examples for sliders that I've seen so far use the joystick rather than letting users pinch and move the selector. I haven't seen any examples for a knob yet.

Thus: Is there some example code for sliders and dials that allow for direct hand interactions?

This topic has been closed for replies.
InfiniteArrayAnswer
Inspiring
June 11, 2024

To anyone looking to do something similar:

I ended up solving my issue by following Valem's tutorial on Restricted Grabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rbFHWpKnA The slider in this case is a simple block that's restricted to move only a certain distance along one axis.

View in thread

4 replies

InfiniteArrayAuthorAnswer
Inspiring
June 11, 2024

To anyone looking to do something similar:

I ended up solving my issue by following Valem's tutorial on Restricted Grabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rbFHWpKnA The slider in this case is a simple block that's restricted to move only a certain distance along one axis.

uDezimiro
uDezimiro
Up and Coming
February 22, 2025

hey. how did you make restriction to move only a certain distance along one axis.

I tried configurable joint. but when I grab it - it moves any axis and any distance..

InfiniteArrayAuthor
Inspiring
February 24, 2025

uDezimiro I used the One Hand Translate Transformer introduced at 3:08 in the video. I then enabled all constraints and only gave a non-zero value for the axis that I wanted to be able to move along.

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement