Game with screen mode and VR mode

Hi folks,

for experimentation I added the SteamVR plugin into the latest Unity Beta 5.4.0F2. I got the camera to work and was able to look around with the HTC Vive.

So far, so good. But I also want to be able to NOT use VR and to just play on the monitor. I tried disabling the steamVR camera and using my other camera instead, but it the up/down head movements are locked and it will always take the orientation from the Vive. It also always launches up SteamVR, even if I want to be in monitor mode only.

Is there a good way to switch between these two modes, e.g. only monitor mode for one session and VR mode for another session?

Thanks!

 

Thanks thep3000!

I was able to manually set UnityEngine.VR.VRSettings.enabled = false in one of my scripts in the Awake() function.

However, as long as the Vive is plugged in, it will still open up SteamVR (Console: "OpenVR initialized") and then close it again after I set it to false (Console: "OpenVR Shutdown").

Is there a way to disable it even earlier so it doesn't have to initialize and shutdown again?

Update: found the "Virtual Reality Supported" box in PlayerSettings, which does the job for now.

 

Many thanks, thep3000!

I put in the order of None first and OpenVR second. In the beginning, I load
UnityEngine.VR.VRSettings.LoadDeviceByName("None") in case someone changed it in the previous run.

With F5 I can now toggle VR on and off. I noticed it takes 2 frames before it seems to be correctly enabled.

Code (CSharp):

1.   private int frameNumberSwitched = -10;
2.   private const int numberOfFramesToSwitchToVrInUnity = 2;
3.   private bool currentlyVRenabled = false;
4.  
5.     void Update () {
6.     if((Time.frameCount - frameNumberSwitched == numberOfFramesToSwitchToVrInUnity) && UnityEngine.VR.VRDevice.isPresent) {
7.       UnityEngine.VR.VRSettings.enabled = true;
8.       return;
9.     }
10.  
11.     if((Time.frameCount - frameNumberSwitched == numberOfFramesToSwitchToVrInUnity) && !UnityEngine.VR.VRDevice.isPresent) {
12.       UnityEngine.VR.VRSettings.LoadDeviceByName("None");
13.       return;
14.     }
15.  
16.     if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.F5)) {
17.       if(!currentlyVRenabled) {
18.         UnityEngine.VR.VRSettings.LoadDeviceByName("OpenVR");
19.         currentlyVRenabled = true;
20.       } else {
21.         UnityEngine.VR.VRSettings.LoadDeviceByName("None");
22.         currentlyVRenabled = false;
23.       }
24.  
25.       frameNumberSwitched = Time.frameCount;
26.     }
27.     }

Now one thing I noticed when switching back to None is, that the field of view is much too high.

Question: How can I reset the rendering values like field of view when loading "None" to what it was before using "OpenVR"?

Thanks!

 

i doesn't have the method "UnityEngine.VR.VRSettings.LoadDeviceByName();"

Unity 5.3.4f1

 

@Neo-Gamefactory It might be that method is only available in Unity 5.4.0 and newer.

 

yeah i saw it yesterday after the update xD

thank you

 

but what if i want to toggle the vr camera itself from like outside of a car and the inside of it?