How to grab and rotate objects in VR by SteamVR pointer

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Heyho nice people :)

I am currently trying to figure out, how to grab objects with simply pointing at them with the SteamVR Laser Pointer and pressing a button or smth to attach it, so I can rotate it by controller rotation like its working when directly hand-grabbing an object.

Thereby I dont want to change position of an object while rotating.

Does anyone know how this can be accomplished? I am very new to Unity and VR, so much advice and help is needed ^^

Thank you so much :3

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Answer by edthered1009 · Apr 25, 2019 at 11:35 PM

So, you want to change the rotation, but not the position? You could set the GameObject's rotation to that of the controller's, and not touch the position at all.

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IIOIOE · Apr 30, 2019 at 08:35 AM 0

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I guess I found a way,

I am setting my controller as a Parent, so I have a correct rotation in every direction, doesnt matter from where I am looking at the object. And while Im rotating, I am freezing the position of the object :)

Thank you for your advice :)

edthered1009 IIOIOE · May 01, 2019 at 04:18 PM 0

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What? When parenting an object, the object's position is also parented to that of the parent. I think it would be easier to get a reference to the controller and set the object's rotation to that of the controller's.

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