[SOLVED] vrCamera strange issue in script 2.0

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Hi,
I am not 100% sure but I think something happened to the orientation/position of vrCamera in script 2.0

previous to script 2.0 i used the following to put vive controllers into a scene by putting the following into an update on a model

var gamepads = navigator.getGamepads();
this.gamepad = gamepads[this.gamepadnum]; //set to 0 or 1 depending on which htc vive controller you want
var pos = this.gamepad.pose.position;
this.entity.setPosition(pos[0],pos[1],pos[2]);

this worked fine pre 2.0 and the controllers would appear relative to the HMD position in the correct place in room space

however now the controllers appear in a totally different place to the camera. almost as if their positions were rotated. but since i am reading the positions directly from the gamepad api and not through playcanvas I can only assume that it’s actually the vrCamera which is somehow rotated.

not sure if I am making much sense :wink:

anyway it’s effectively stopping me from using scripts 2.0 to develop apps for the HTC vive.

2

looks like it not just the orientation that has been effected . it also appears that the position of the controllers is below the HMD as well.

3

created a simple example to demonstrate the issue

https://playcanvas.com/project/410598/overview/controller-20-test

4

Maybe you could debug the vr_camera? It’s a regular script.

5

You aren’t taking into account the sittingToStanding transform when you set the position of your controllers.

See how I’m doing it in the Orange Room demo: https://playcanvas.com/editor/code/384523/tracked-controller.js

6

Hi Dave,
I cannot get into either of those projects, the orange room link is coming up

403 forbidden and the other one 404 project not found

edit: i didn’t know about the sittingToStanding transform, it just worked straight of the bat in the pre 2.0 scripting system. Is it possible to get a small example in code on how to do it?

7

Ah, sorry. I’ve made that project public so you should be able to see it now.

8

thanks you, much appreciated, problem solved.