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SteveHexapuss
Inspiring
July 16, 2020
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In game photo booth?

  • July 16, 2020
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Is it possible via Unity script to trigger the Oculus save screenshot function so the player can save pictures with an in game button? 
Ideally the saved image will be from a separate pre-framed camera.
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    Best answer by MikeF
    I dont think oculus has an API for this but you can just do it through unity
    it would look something like this
    RenderTexture rt = new RenderTexture(RES_WIDTH, RES_HEIGHT, 24);
    RenderTextureCamera.targetTexture = rt;
    Texture2D screenShot = new Texture2D(RES_WIDTH, RES_HEIGHT, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
    RenderTextureCamera.Render();
    RenderTexture.active = rt;
    screenShot.ReadPixels(new Rect(0, 0, RES_WIDTH, RES_HEIGHT), 0, 0);
    screenShot.Apply();
    Then to save it
    byte[] bytes = screenShot.EncodeToJPG();
    System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(filename, bytes));

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    MikeFAnswer
    Inspiring
    July 16, 2020
    I dont think oculus has an API for this but you can just do it through unity
    it would look something like this
    RenderTexture rt = new RenderTexture(RES_WIDTH, RES_HEIGHT, 24);
    RenderTextureCamera.targetTexture = rt;
    Texture2D screenShot = new Texture2D(RES_WIDTH, RES_HEIGHT, TextureFormat.RGB24, false);
    RenderTextureCamera.Render();
    RenderTexture.active = rt;
    screenShot.ReadPixels(new Rect(0, 0, RES_WIDTH, RES_HEIGHT), 0, 0);
    screenShot.Apply();
    Then to save it
    byte[] bytes = screenShot.EncodeToJPG();
    System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(filename, bytes));

    SteveHexapussAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 16, 2020
    Thanks @MikeF , I will give your solution a go!
    DM me if you'd like a free game code for my game Metal Multiball.
    Cheers! 

    Anonymous
    July 16, 2020
    I have scripts doing this in my app - Unity, let me know if you need them.

    SteveHexapussAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 16, 2020
    Thanks @lukeskywatcher , I hope you're doing great.
    Do you use the same technique MikeF recommends?

    Anonymous
    July 16, 2020
    Hey Steve, doing grand thanks, hope same for you. Using similar method as MikeF, I switch briefly to a 3rd person camera to take the shot. You can tweak to take pictures at current user resolution, or at fixed game resolution etc. Best luck!

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