Side buttons on GearVR don't work as controllers

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Side buttons on GearVR don't work as controllers #50

Closed nh2 closed 4 years ago

nh2 commented 6 years ago

Hi,

using Samsung Internet VR 5.6.00.7 on a Galaxy S7.

I have the GearVR without external hand controllers. I'm trying to use the control cross on the side of the goggles themselves, as shown in the image:

When I run navigator.getGamepads() in Samsung Internet I get

GamepadList {0: undefined, 1: undefined, 2: undefined, 3: undefined, length: 4}

and on Oculus Browser I get:

GamepadList {0: null, 1: null, 2: null, 3: null, length: 4}

Is this expected?

How does the SamsungInternet browser expose the side buttons on the GearVR?

poshaughnessy commented 6 years ago

Hi @nh2, sorry for the slow reply. The side touchpad is not exposed as a gamepad, but it should be possible to access the 'clicks' and also the swipes, using the touchdown/touchup events. Would that serve your needs?

nh2 commented 6 years ago

@poshaughnessy Do you know any example site that I could use to test that uses the events you mention?

PicchiKevin commented 4 years ago

Hi, Thank you for opening this issue. We are currently migrating our support channel to the Samsung Developer Forum. If you are still experiencing this issue I'd highly recommend re-opening it here please https://forum.developer.samsung.com/c/samsung-internet/

Thanks again, -Kevin