Clicky toggle/pushee button...how to in VR?

[Allentc2]

So my PC is finally done, and I'm still trying to figure out which HMD to go with; Reverb G2 (I do love the eye candy) or Quest 2. I was talking with a coworker of mine who just got his Quest 2 a month or so ago, and he loves it. I brought up the question above, he says he keeps the hand controllers in his lap for when he wants to clickee/pushee. 

 

Is that how it's done? I thought (from watching videos) that there was a little crosshair in the center of your view and you'd look at the switch and hit something mapped to your stick/throttle.

 

[DavePastry]

You can do it with the controllers, with the method you described, or just with the mouse

[Allentc2]

Wouldn't using a mouse with a VR headset be a little problematic? Plus, I'm using a gaming chair with a HOTAS/rudder set up. Not sure I have a place for a mouse. 

[longuich]

Trackball then ? Tape it to the armrest :)


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[PhoenixRising]

I used to do the Oculus controllers in the lap thing. It worked fine. I liked it better than trying to use a mouse. I did get a PointCtrl though, and that improved things immensely.

[Allentc2]

Ooooooooo.....I did not need to see that PointCtrl thing. That looks like just the thing!! Thank you both for the input (no pun intended).

[TimberWolf]

PointCTRL seems to be a good solution. Unfortunately, there is a LOOOONG waitlist for it. I placed a pre-order last November, and don't expect it to arrive until this fall at the earliest.

[Taz1004]

You can make your own.

 

 

[dburne]

8 hours ago, TimberWolf said:

PointCTRL seems to be a good solution. Unfortunately, there is a LOOOONG waitlist for it. I placed a pre-order last November, and don't expect it to arrive until this fall at the earliest.

 

Yeah I think I placed mine in Feb.

[AlpineGTA]

I never turn my VR controllers on, I use a left handed trackball mouse next to my throttle on a custom mount. Because it's a trackball it doesn't move and I know where it is at all times while I'm in VR. Because it's a left handed one and I'm right handed it took a bit of getting used to but it means I can click switches and things without having to take my hand off the stick. 

[dburne]

My desk has a pull out pad on the right that I rest my mouse on - with my stick center mounted that gives me the mouse on my right side and easy to reach. So throttle on left of me, stick in center, mouse on right.

I also have mouse functions assigned to buttons on my HOTAS and I will use them from time to time also.

At least until I get the Point Ctrl.

I prefer not to fumble with my VR controllers.

Edited June 24, 2021 by dburne