oculus-touch-controls

Note: This documentation is for the old 1.1.0 version of A-Frame. Check out the documentation for the current 1.6.0 version

The oculus-touch-controls component interfaces with the Oculus Touch controllers. It wraps the tracked-controls component while adding button mappings, events, and a Touch controller model.

Example

<a-entity oculus-touch-controls="hand: left"></a-entity>
<a-entity oculus-touch-controls="hand: right"></a-entity>

Value

Property Description Default Value
hand The hand that will be tracked (i.e., right, left). left
model Whether the Touch controller model is loaded. true
orientationOffset Offset to apply to model orientation. x: 0, y: 0, z: 0

Events

Event Name Description
triggerdown Trigger pressed.
triggerup Trigger released.
triggertouchstart Trigger touched.
triggertouchend Trigger no longer touched.
triggerchanged Trigger changed.
thumbstickdown Thumbstick pressed.
thumbstickup Thumbstick released.
thumbsticktouchstart Thumbstick touched.
thumbsticktouchend Thumbstick no longer touched.
thumbstickchanged Thumbstick changed.
thumbstickmoved Thumbstick direction changed.
gripdown Grip button pressed.
gripup Grip button released.
griptouchstart Grip button touched.
griptouchend Grip button no longer touched.
gripchanged Grip button changed.
abuttondown A button pressed.
abuttonup A button released.
abuttontouchstart A button touched.
abuttontouchend A button no longer touched.
abuttonchanged A button changed.
bbuttondown B button pressed.
bbuttonup B button released.
bbuttontouchstart B button touched.
bbuttontouchend B button no longer touched.
bbuttonchanged B button changed.
xbuttondown X button pressed.
xbuttonup X button released.
xbuttontouchstart X button touched.
xbuttontouchend X button no longer touched.
xbuttonchanged X button changed.
ybuttondown Y button pressed.
ybuttonup Y button released.
ybuttontouchstart Y button touched.
ybuttontouchend Y button no longer touched.
ybuttonchanged Y button changed.
surfacedown Surface button pressed.
surfaceup Surface button released.
surfacetouchstart Surface button touched.
surfacetouchend Surface button no longer touched.
surfacechanged Surface button changed.

Read thumbstick values

Listen to the thumbstick event and the values are available in the object passed to the handler

<a-entity oculus-touch-controls="hand: left" thumbstick-logging></a-entity>
<a-entity oculus-touch-controls="hand: right" thumbstick-logging></a-entity>
AFRAME.registerComponent('thumbstick-logging',{
init: function () {
this.el.addEventListener('thumbstickmoved', this.logThumbstick);
},
logThumbstick: function (evt) {
if (evt.detail.y > 0.95) { console.log("DOWN"); }
if (evt.detail.y < -0.95) { console.log("UP"); }
if (evt.detail.x < -0.95) { console.log("LEFT"); }
if (evt.detail.x > 0.95) { console.log("RIGHT"); }
}
});

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