Brandon Jones (Google) has made some experimental WebVR Chromium builds that include support for the HTC Vive VR motion controls. We would like to propose this as a standard and update to the GamePad API.
Brandon has started a thread on w3.org <http://w3.org/> that gives some background: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2016AprJun/0052.html <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2016AprJun/0052.html> The WebVR API 1.0 has already extended the GamePad API by adding a “displayID” attribute: https://mozvr.com/webvr-spec/#interface-gamepad <https://mozvr.com/webvr-spec/#interface-gamepad> The proposal is to take this further and expose an optional “pose” attribute, which would return the same attributes within the VRPose: https://mozvr.com/webvr-spec/#interface-vrpose <https://mozvr.com/webvr-spec/#interface-vrpose> Cheers, - Kearwood “Kip” Gilbert Platform Engineer, Mozilla VR Team > On May 24, 2016, at 12:22 AM, Sven Neuhaus <sven...@sven.de> wrote: > > Hello Florian, > > Thanks for pointing out the WebVR spec draft. > > The WebVR draft dated April 1st contains a Gamepad interface expansion > (§2.11), however it only extends it by a DisplayId. > It should also add a VRPose for tracked controllers. > > I think adding a VRPose could have benefits for non-VR applications as > well (think about the Nintendo Wii controllers!), however. So my > suggestion to add it to the Gamepad API still stands. > > Regards, > -Sven Neuhaus > > Am 23.05.2016 um 15:52 schrieb Florian Bösch: >> The WebVR API models HMD pose and will model the gesture controllers. >> https://mozvr.com/webvr-spec/ >> >> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Sven Neuhaus <sven...@sven.de >> <mailto:sven...@sven.de>> wrote: > >> I read the gamepad API description at >> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad >> >> I think the gamepad API should support a VRpose for gamepad controllers >> like the ones included with the HTC Vive and the upcoming Oculus Touch >> controllers. >> >> I suggest that you add a getPose() method that returns a VRPose object >> for controllers that support tracking. >> >> The "orientation" property of the VRPose object could also be useful for >> some gamepads that include IMUs for orientation tracking. > > _______________________________________________ > web-vr-discuss mailing list > web-vr-disc...@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/web-vr-discuss
