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Head mounting detection in Gear VR

Discussion in 'AR/VR (XR) Discussion' started by atsamy, Jul 20, 2015.

  1. atsamy

    atsamy

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    how can i detect if a player put on the gear VR, there supposed to be a sensor to detect this is there a way to know inside unity
     
    atsamy, Jul 20, 2015
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  2. thep3000

    thep3000

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    thep3000, Jul 20, 2015
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  3. EarMaster

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    As far as I'm able to tell OnApplicationPause isn't fired (any more). Do you have any other ideas how to detect this event of the Gear VR being put on and/or off.
     
    EarMaster, Mar 23, 2016
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  4. Andrew_at_That_Wonderful_Lemon_Co

    Andrew_at_That_Wonderful_Lemon_Co

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    This looks like it is the same for me - is this a bug?
     
    Andrew_at_That_Wonderful_Lemon_Co, May 18, 2016
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  5. Zapan15

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    We detect this by just storing the current system time in an Update function and compare it next frame. If the difference between these timestamps is too big e.g. > 2 seconds then you can assume that the GearVR was removed. This would help you only if you getting back to the GearVR, but not before. You can also check the OnApplicationFocus event:

    http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnApplicationFocus.html
     
    Zapan15, May 18, 2016
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