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GvrControllerInputDevice

Device instance of the Daydream controller API.

Summary

Events
`OnStateChanged`	`GvrControllerInput.OnStateChangedEvent` Event handler for when the connection state of the controller changes.

Properties
`Accel`	`Vector3` Returns the controller's current acceleration in meters per second squared.
`ApiStatus`	`GvrControllerApiStatus` Returns the API status of the current controller state.
`BatteryLevel`	`GvrControllerBatteryLevel` Returns the controller's current battery charge level.
`ErrorDetails`	`string` If State == GvrConnectionState.Error, this contains details about the error.
`Gyro`	`Vector3` Returns the controller's current angular speed in radians per second, using the right-hand rule (positive means a right-hand rotation about the given axis), as measured by the controller's gyroscope.
`IsCharging`	`bool` Returns true if the controller is currently being charged.
`IsDominantHand`	`bool`
`IsRightHand`	`bool`
`Orientation`	`Quaternion` Returns the controller's current orientation in space, as a quaternion.
`Position`	`Vector3`
`Recentered`	`bool` Returns true if the user just completed the recenter gesture.
`State`	`GvrConnectionState` Returns the controller's current connection state.
`StatePtr`	`IntPtr` Returns the GVR C library controller state pointer (gvr_controller_state*).
`TouchPos`	`Vector2` Position of the current touch, if touching the touchpad.

Public functions
`GetButton(GvrControllerButton buttons)`	`bool` Returns true if the user is holding down any of the buttons specified in `buttons`.
`GetButtonDown(GvrControllerButton buttons)`	`bool` Returns true in the frame the user starts pressing down any of the buttons specified in `buttons`.
`GetButtonUp(GvrControllerButton buttons)`	`bool` Returns true the frame after the user stops pressing down any of the buttons specified in `buttons`.

Events

OnStateChanged

GvrControllerInput.OnStateChangedEvent OnStateChanged

Event handler for when the connection state of the controller changes.

Properties

Accel

Vector3 Accel

Returns the controller's current acceleration in meters per second squared.

The controller's axes are:

X points to the right,
Y points perpendicularly up from the controller's top surface
Z lies along the controller's body, pointing towards the front Note that gravity is indistinguishable from acceleration, so when the controller is resting on a surface, expect to measure an acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2 on the Y axis. The accelerometer reading will be zero on all three axes only if the controller is in free fall, or if the user is in a zero gravity environment like a space station.

ApiStatus

GvrControllerApiStatus ApiStatus

Returns the API status of the current controller state.

BatteryLevel

GvrControllerBatteryLevel BatteryLevel

Returns the controller's current battery charge level.

ErrorDetails

string ErrorDetails

If State == GvrConnectionState.Error, this contains details about the error.

Gyro

Vector3 Gyro

Returns the controller's current angular speed in radians per second, using the right-hand rule (positive means a right-hand rotation about the given axis), as measured by the controller's gyroscope.

The controller's axes are:

X points to the right,
Y points perpendicularly up from the controller's top surface
Z lies along the controller's body, pointing towards the front

IsCharging

bool IsCharging

Returns true if the controller is currently being charged.

IsDominantHand

bool IsDominantHand

IsRightHand

bool IsRightHand

Orientation

Quaternion Orientation

Returns the controller's current orientation in space, as a quaternion.

The rotation is provided in 'orientation space' which means the rotation is given relative to the last time the user recentered their controller. To make a game object in your scene have the same orientation as the controller, simply assign this quaternion to the object's transform.rotation. To match the relative rotation, use transform.localRotation instead.

Position

Vector3 Position

Recentered

bool Recentered

Returns true if the user just completed the recenter gesture.

The headset and the controller's orientation are now being reported in the new recentered coordinate system. This is an event flag (it is true for only one frame after the event happens, then reverts to false).

State

GvrConnectionState State

Returns the controller's current connection state.

StatePtr

IntPtr StatePtr

Returns the GVR C library controller state pointer (gvr_controller_state*).

TouchPos

Vector2 TouchPos

Position of the current touch, if touching the touchpad.

If not touching, this is the position of the last touch (when the finger left the touchpad). The X and Y range is from -1.0 to 1.0. (0, 0) is the center of the touchpad. (-.707, -.707) is bottom left, (.707, .707) is upper right. The magnitude of the touch vector is guaranteed to be <= 1.0.

Public functions

GetButton

bool GetButton(
  GvrControllerButton buttons
)

Returns true if the user is holding down any of the buttons specified in buttons.

GvrControllerButton types can be OR-ed together to check for multiple buttons at once.

GetButtonDown

bool GetButtonDown(
  GvrControllerButton buttons
)

Returns true in the frame the user starts pressing down any of the buttons specified in buttons.

For an individual button enum, every ButtonDown event is guaranteed to be followed by exactly one ButtonUp event in a later frame. Also, ButtonDown and ButtonUp will never both be true in the same frame for an individual button. Using multiple button enums OR'ed together can result in multiple ButtonDowns before a ButtonUp.

GetButtonUp

bool GetButtonUp(
  GvrControllerButton buttons
)

Returns true the frame after the user stops pressing down any of the buttons specified in buttons.

For an individual button enum, every ButtonUp event is guaranteed to be preceded by exactly one ButtonDown event in an earlier frame. Also, ButtonDown and ButtonUp will never both be true in the same frame for an individual button. Using multiple button enums OR'ed together can result in multiple ButtonUps after multiple ButtonDowns.