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performlabrit
02-26-2018, 08:49 AM
Hello folks,

I'm trying to do a routine operation with the vive, and am having trouble. I would like to set a node (a vizshape sphere) in front of the head eye. One approach is to child the node to the mainview, or the head tracker. However, neither approach seems to work!

For example, if you use the standard vizconnect VIVE config and add the following code to main:


import vizshape
ht = vizconnect.getRawTracker('head_tracker')
r = vizshape.addSphere(0.05, color = viz.RED)
r.setParent(ht)
r.setPosition([0,0,1]) # Doesn't work for any forward direction (e.g. [1,0,0])


It also doesn't work if I child it to the mainview.
Am I missing something?

Also, in the code above, note that the assumption is that the head is facing down Z in the model's local coordinate system. I'm not sure that this assumption is true (although, no other directions work either). What direction is "forward" and what direction "up" for the Vive?

Jeff
02-26-2018, 07:55 PM
Try using the <node3d>.setReferenceFrame (http://docs.worldviz.com/vizard/#commands/node3d/setReferenceFrame.htm) command. Does this work for you?

performlabrit
02-28-2018, 05:34 AM
Thanks jeff! The following code worked...

import vizshape
r = vizshape.addSphere(0.05, color = viz.RED)
r.setReferenceFrame(viz.RF_VIEW)
r.setPosition([0,0,1])

performlabrit
03-01-2018, 07:41 AM
Sadly, my attempts to place a sphere along the gaze vector are still not behaving as expected. None of the parenting functions work, and viz.setRefrenceFrame is producing unpredictable results.

Here are two new attempts dropped into my vizconfig main function that uses the standard VIVE template. Neither work. Any advice from the peanut gallery?


############# Attempt 1, what I thought would work...

import vizshape

IPD = viz.MainWindow.getIPD()

# It does seem that the right eye base is in the correct position and updates with head position
rightEyeBase = vizshape.addSphere(0.05, color = viz.BLUE)
rightEyeBase.setReferenceFrame(viz.RF_VIEW)
rightEyeBase.setPosition([IPD/2,0,0])
rightEyeBase.alpha(0.00)

link = viz.link(viz.MainView,rightEyeBase,viz.PRIORITY_SC ENEGRAPH) # I tried with and without the link here
link.setMask(viz.LINK_ORI)

rightGazePoint = vizshape.addSphere(0.05, color = viz.YELLOW)
rightGazePoint.setReferenceFrame(rightEyeBase)

smi = viz.add('smi_vive.dle')
eyeTracker = smi.addEyeTracker()

def updateGazeNode(vecLength = 3.0):

rDir = eyeTracker.getRightGazeDirection()
rightGazePoint.setPosition(rDir[0]*vecLength,rDir[1]*vecLength,rDir[2]*vecLength)

vizact.onupdate(viz.PRIORITY_LAST_UPDATE,updateGaz eNode)

###########



############# Attempt 2, based on the example provided by Worldviz (smiViveExample.py)
## Note that this doesn't accoutn for the right eye offset.

import vizshape

IPD = viz.MainWindow.getIPD()
rightEyeBase = vizshape.addSphere(0.05, color = viz.BLUE)
rightEyeBase.setReferenceFrame(viz.RF_VIEW)
rightEyeBase.setPosition([IPD/2,0,0])
rightEyeBase.alpha(0.00)

rightGazePoint = vizshape.addSphere(0.05, color = viz.YELLOW)
#rightGazePoint.setReferenceFrame(rightEyeBase)


smi = viz.add('smi_vive.dle')
eyeTracker = smi.addEyeTracker()

def updateGazeNode(vecLength = 3.0):

gazeMat = eyeTracker.getMatrix()
gazeMat.postMult(viz.MainView.getMatrix())
rightGazePoint.setMatrix(gazeMat)

vizact.onupdate(viz.PRIORITY_LAST_UPDATE,updateGaz eNode)
###########