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polygraphene / ALVR

ALVR is an open source remote VR display for Gear VR and Oculus Go. With it, you can play SteamVR games in your standalone headset.
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Is there a way to Re-center without using the controller? #249

Closed pupphelper closed 2 years ago

pupphelper commented 5 years ago

Is there a way to toggle re-centre with a keyboard shortcut, or even better a gesture on the headmounted trackpad. I can see it can be done when the controller is active, however I am using 2 move controllers for 6dof with the gearvr controller disabled. ALVR is working great with ARcore, however the playfield often gets shifted around a bit, and I often need to recenter to my ps eye cameras and adjust my small play area. It would be amazing to have a button or touch to the trackpad on the headset for recentering

dpluigi commented 5 years ago

Hi, I have experienced some positional shifts too while testing ALVR (client v2.3.1) + ARCore with GearVR fitted with Samsung S9 in a flight simulator in VR mode (Condor Soaring).

Would it be possible to implement a re-center shortcut on a keyboard or joystick button for: 1) Re-center to initial (neutral) pose defined at startup? 2) Define a new default pose from current head pose, i.e. which can be deferent from initial pose, but useful to re-center the view to user defined pose?

I just checked the re-center option using the Gear VR controller pupphelp referred to above. It seems to reset view with a 180deg offset, i.e. it flips 180deg from the expected pose. Also, if you use the controller with compatible application, binding re-center to anything on the controller interferes with its designed functionality.

In a related note, when is ALVR_ARCore capturing the initial pose? Would it be possible to display a warning message that it is being measured?

Regarding the ALVR server, I using version 2.3.1 and I am wondering if there are explanations about the listed features in this "Other" menu (Fake Base Station, Apply Offset, Run Command, …)? I can guess what some are (Apply Offset for starting height), but I am curious about others.

Thank you again for a great Project. Donat

maurixyz commented 5 years ago

Same problem for me, I use 2 psmove and can't use the recenter button on the original controller. Would be great if we can have a re-center shortcut on the keyboard this will make all the VR experience much better. Anyway thank you this great software.

wonson commented 5 years ago

Same.

Would it be possible that:

  1. Use combo key on controller work as "Recenter" button e.g. back and trackpad click(i found it possible on oculus go!);or back and OCULUS button; or some button + trigger (but this may slow down its trigger respond for 100-200ms?)

  2. Long press back button or trackpad click

  3. trackpad tap as trackpad click, and trackpad click as recenter

  4. Utilize of keyboard as well (such as SPACE)