I am developing a DayDream app and working with a Pixel XL and real DayDream Controller (on a MacBook Pro). I would really like to be able to test with the DayDream Controller when running the app from Unity Editor. Currently, I am forced to make a build for every little change and its killing me (slow).
I believe that I can do this by connecting my Pixel XL via USB cable to my Mac and then using adb to configure it. But, all attempts have failed so far.
I don't know about real Daydream Controller, but you can try using your phone as DayDream Controller Emulator.
As it said here, you should download emulator APK from here, install it and run on phone connected to WiFi.
In your Unity project find GvrControllerMain and change Emulator Connection Mode to Wi-Fi. Also find Assets/GoogleVR/Scripts/Controller/Internal/Emulator/EmulatorConfig.cs and change line to IP address displayed on daydream controller emulator app on phone.
// IP address of the phone, when connected to the PC via WiFi.
public static readonly string WIFI_SERVER_IP = "192.168.0.78";//"192.168.43.1";
Click "Play" in Unity, it should work.
In addition to diesersamat's answer, I would like to add two things:
You could run the controller emulator via USB by choosing "USB" from the Emulator Connection property of the GvrController script that is attached to the GvrControllerMain component. For the USB connection to be made, you have to make sure that %AndroidSDKHome%/platform-tools is added to your PATH variable.
You could use the real controller via Emulator: Open the Controller Emulator app --> open the Emulator's overflow menu --> select Switch to Real Controller. For this to work, the phone that runs the emulator has to be Daydream ready. I usually use the same phone that I use for Daydream VR as a controller emulator.
At Google I/O 2017, the Daydream team announced instant-preview which supports a "headless" controller-only mode.
The repo is on github: https://github.com/googlevr/gvr-instant-preview
The moment in the Daydream keynote where it is mentioned is here: https://youtu.be/tto90e-DfeM?t=26m45s
I had the same problem trying to get the emulator to work. The solution for me was to set up the player settings to android and click the VR supported tab with the daydream SDK selected in the VR SDKs dropdown BEFORE importing any daydream/google VR packages.
Took a lot of trial and error for me to figure that out. Hope that helps.
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I am trying to create a layout for our teams channel tab app but when running the app locally and inspecting it as a mobile device, teams throws an error that the browser is not supported.
Can anyone point me in the correct direction to develop my app for mobile use or how I can view the mobile app from the VS Code Teams Toolkit debugging tools?
I have tried to run the app in chrome and in MS Edge browsers and use the inspector device emulators in both but get the same error. I have also tried connecting via my local machine's IP /the FE port 53000 and also have had no luck there.
I used directly my mobile device (android) with Teams App installed for debugging teams custom tab (both phone and tablet worked fine). Connect your android device to your laptop/desktop (using USB), and then on the phone:
Enable USB debugging
Enable "Developer Preview" in Teams options
In the desktop chrome, navigate to chrome://inspect/devices and you should see your device there in the list available for inspection/debugging. You could probably also connect using local WIFI (?), but I have not tried that. Also never tried that with Edge, so not sure if it works.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/tabs/how-to/developer-tools#access-devtools-from-an-android-device
It's not possible to debug a Teams tab on iOS using Windows (or Mac). Using Dev Tools, we can debug Teams tab in desktop and Android clients.
Ref Document: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/tabs/how-to/developer-tools
I'm using the latest Google VR SDK and Unity 5.6. I've got a Daydream headset/controller and I'm trying to develop a game. I've been stuck on a problem for a while now, which in a typical Unity environment I should be able to solve very quickly, but because I'm forced to build/run the code to the device each time I want to test I'm unable to view the console nor see any error/warnings which are thrown.
Any idea on how I can debug using Unity, or even emulate the Daydream controller/headset within Unity? I've seen that a controller emulator exists, but it appears you still have to run on the device, only in that scenario you have to have two phones; one acting as the controller and another as the 'screen'.
Thanks
Check out this asset Log Viewer.
Using this asset you can see the same log console in Unity Editor in runtime. I don't know about DayDream but it worked for me on Android, Oculus, and GearVR.
I saw using IPhone or Android, it is possible to add a website to the desktop or start screen and this will make this website work as a native app which will open without the browser frame.
Is that possible using Windows Phone and how?
No.
You can pin a website to your howe screen but htis will open in Interenet Explorer when launched
XNA game fails to deploy on the WP7 emulator, I suppose, it's because I have Intel GMA950 video adapter without DX10 support (it says that I have incompatible monitor adapter). Is it possible to use emulator & xna without changing PC configuration?
Check your Project properties and see if you have the Reach profile selected or HiDef. If you have HiDef, change it to Reach. I have a laptop with an Intel G945 video adapter and HiDef doesnt work, but Reach does.
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I have just seen your edit and unfortunately you won't be able to do anything unless you change the the graphics device.
I am pretty new to WinMo development. I managed to write my first app, debug it via the emulators but I failed to run the debug session on my physical phone.
I connected my phone to the development PC via ActiveSync, but that alone did not make my phone show up on the list among the selectable emulators. Is there anything I need to do before this would work?
Alternative: I want to program with the G-sensor and the bluetooth capabilites of the phone. Is there a way to play with them via emulators? How on earth do you shake an emulator? :)
After you hooked up and confirmed that ActiveSync is working, you should be able to select the "Mobile Device" form the target list. It is not listed by name, it simply is the only entry not ending in emulator.