Interaction with mobile VR

[erixon]

Hello,

I tried the VRDeviceOrientationCamera and looks good on mobile, but how do you interact/move in the world, like check if the magnet button is pressed?

kind regards
Tomas

[GameMonetize]

Hello

If you are using the VRDeviceOrientationFreeCamera then it will move using mouse and keyboard.

Camera are pretty flexible as well and you can also add your own control method: http://doc.babylonjs.com/tutorials/Customizing_Camera_Inputs

[chicagobob123]

Using the touch interface on a phone which I think on the Samsung VR would work as input. It has a USB mouse like thing on the side. 

Maybe you can use the LEAP controller on some phones. They are a coming of age and offer interaction. 

 

[erixon]

Ok I thought I missed something here, but of course it's not babylonjs fault with the lack of controls and js support of the magnet button.

Was just happy that I could do mobile VR stuff and release on the web, til I understood that I can't click with cardboard/plastic VR stuff..  can just wait for the standards..

 

[dsman]

Actually for user interaction inside app targeted for VR headset, people use orientation as pointer. So there would be one pointer at center (a dot ) which would move in all direction as you move your head. You can have 2D or 3D UI controls on screen. Wherever user keep pointer steady for x seconds, it can be considered as click or tap.  So if user has to press button, user has to keep the pointer steady over the button for x seconds. This is how normally VR apps does. You can check many media app for watching movies( For ex "Vu Cinema"  on android) . 

 

I am assuming this is what you were asking. 

[erixon]

That is a solution of course. Actually I have not been into VR at all before and just tested out some apps with Google cardboard. Maybe my expectations were too high of doing some kind of public 3D game where you moving around, shoot or pick stuff with some action button (or double click).

Thanks for all answers.

[ozRocker]

On 30/06/2016 at 9:54 PM, erixon said:

Ok I thought I missed something here, but of course it's not babylonjs fault with the lack of controls and js support of the magnet button.

Was just happy that I could do mobile VR stuff and release on the web, til I understood that I can't click with cardboard/plastic VR stuff..  can just wait for the standards..

 

Most of the new headsets, including Cardboard, have a button which will trigger a touch right in the area in-between the 2 view ports.  With that you can detect touch, long-touch, double-touch.  Unfortunately its just a general touch with no position information.  You just have to be clever how you combine those events with orientation.

[erixon]

On 2016-07-02 at 5:59 PM, ozRocker said:

Most of the new headsets, including Cardboard, have a button which will trigger a touch right in the area in-between the 2 view ports.  With that you can detect touch, long-touch, double-touch.  Unfortunately its just a general touch with no position information.  You just have to be clever how you combine those events with orientation.

Thanks that looks very promising, was hard to find information about that.