How to do the hold gesture without target?

Frimy

Hello,

I have created a tool to draw in the scene, it works fine when I move a pencil but what I want to do is just to do the "hold" gesture in the void, like the drawing tool in Skype.

Do you know how to code the "Hold Recognizer" without using a FocusedGameObject?

Thank you in advance.

Frimy

Hello, by hold gesture I just mean you pinch your fingers and move your hand, like when you are drawing in skype. I succeded using the latest holotoolkit, with a code that did not work for me with the old one:

    void Awake()
    {
        gestureRecognizer = new GestureRecognizer();
        gestureRecognizer.SetRecognizableGesture(GestureSettings.Hold)
        gestureRecognizer.HoldStartedEvent += OnHoldStartedEvent;
        gestureRecognizer.HoldCompletedEvent += OnHoldCompletedEvent;
        gestureRecognizer.HoldCanceledEvent += OnHoldCanceledEvent;

        gestureRecognizer.StartCapturingGestures();
    }

Thank you for your help anyways! ^^

mark_grossnickle

You can add a global handler which will happen regardless of whether or not there is a FocusedGameObject

InputManager.Instance.AddGlobalListener(gameObject);

You could also try a fallback handler which happens only if there is not a focusedGameObject. Refer to the InputManager for that as well.

Frimy

Thank you very much I did not know that, I will try and keep you informed!

Frimy

I tried but I don't success. Can you give me more details if it does not bother you? Thank you very much.

mark_grossnickle

Might be easier to show me where you are at as my setup may not match. Especially the class that is calling AddGlobalListener. What interfaces does it implement?

And what do you mean by the hold gesture? I'm only familiar with navigate/manipulate.

Frimy

Hello, by hold gesture I just mean you pinch your fingers and move your hand, like when you are drawing in skype. I succeded using the latest holotoolkit, with a code that did not work for me with the old one:

    void Awake()
    {
        gestureRecognizer = new GestureRecognizer();
        gestureRecognizer.SetRecognizableGesture(GestureSettings.Hold)
        gestureRecognizer.HoldStartedEvent += OnHoldStartedEvent;
        gestureRecognizer.HoldCompletedEvent += OnHoldCompletedEvent;
        gestureRecognizer.HoldCanceledEvent += OnHoldCanceledEvent;

        gestureRecognizer.StartCapturingGestures();
    }

Thank you for your help anyways! ^^

PranavGadamsetty

@Frimy

Hi, I have been trying to use the hold gesture for one of my projects, but I haven't been able to implement it. I have modified the gesture input class
of the holotoolkit similar to what you have posted. But I haven't been able to figure out how to implement these functions. Could you please explain how to implement the hold gesture.

Thanks,
Pranav Gadamsetty

Frimy

Hello, I did not touch the Holotoolkit code, the code I wrote was in my own script! You create a new script, put the Awake function as I wrote it, and then create the functions OnHoldStartedEvent(), OnHoldCompletedEvent() and OnHoldCanceledEvent(). The code you put in these functions depend on what you want to do!