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Old 12-11-2015, 08:04 AM
Seadna Seadna is offline
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Question Turn using keyboard when using Oculus

Hi guys,

I cannot figure out how to get the viewpoint to turn using a key binding. I can obviously turn my head in the oculus rift, but this is not practical for the application. I need to be able to turn using a key on the keyboard (or controller). Is this possible? I'm using the sample Oculus code that came with Vizard.

Any help much appreciated,

Seadna.
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Old 12-11-2015, 09:51 AM
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I think there is a demo using keyboard to control a BMW car, and that one should work
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Old 12-11-2015, 03:57 PM
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have a look at "vizconnect" section in particular input, tracker and transport section. I think from memory you want to tie a keyboard input to the driving transport or maybe even pivot depends if you want to move around scene or just rotate.
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Old 01-11-2016, 05:19 AM
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Could you provide an example code snippet of how this would be done? I'm new to python and currently learning it through using Vizard.
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Old 01-11-2016, 06:37 AM
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Take a look at the 'Oculus Desktop Configuration' option in the vizconnect presets page. That adds a transport controlled by keyboard input signals.
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Old 01-11-2016, 08:22 AM
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Great I think i have found what I need. Now i need to figure out how to fit it into what i have already coded.

Thank you Jeff.
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Old 01-11-2016, 09:15 AM
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Question

OK I'm struggling with getting this into my code:

Code:
# Setup arrow key navigation
MOVE_SPEED = 2.0
def UpdateView():
                yaw,pitch,roll = viewLink.getEuler()
                m = viz.Matrix.euler(yaw,0,0)
                dm = viz.getFrameElapsed() * MOVE_SPEED
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['forward']):
                                m.preTrans([0,0,dm])
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['back']):
                                m.preTrans([0,0,-dm])
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['left']):
                                m.preTrans([-dm,0,0])
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['right']):
                                m.preTrans([dm,0,0])
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['up']):
                                m.preTrans([0,dm,0])
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['down']):
                                m.preTrans([0,-dm,0])
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['lt']):
                                m.turnLeft                           
                if viz.key.isDown(KEYS['rt']):
                                m.turnRight                            
                navigationNode.setPosition(m.getPosition(), viz.REL_PARENT)

vizact.ontimer(0,UpdateView)
You can see the lines I have put in with m.turnLeft and m.turnRight. These do not work like in the vizconnect example. I'm sure i need to add much more code or replace what I have here but there is so much in there that i dont know what to do with it.

I tried putting in m.preEuler(0,dm,0) and adding navigationMode.setEuler(m.getEuler(), viz.REL_PARENT) but that causes the view to rapidly spin constantly.
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Old 01-12-2016, 02:48 AM
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Is there a reason you're trying to do this in your own script rather than use vizconnect?
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Old 01-12-2016, 05:04 AM
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I hadn't used visconnect until you mentioned it here and I already have a lot of script put together. I'm not sure how to integrate my script with the mass of script that visconnect created or how to take the script I need from visconnect to integrate with my own.

Its seems like it should be much easier than this but then I'm quite new to this so i don't really know. I have learned everything so far from looking at the demos and samples and the help file that came with Vizard, but i can't find out how to do this.

Any help would be much appreciated!
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Old 01-12-2016, 11:54 PM
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Take a look at the vizconnect tutorials. These will explain how to use the vizconnect config file in your own script.
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