Leap Motion Controller and the Gear VR?

[ChemMan]

Anyone tried it yet? Seems like a great fit.

 

[Thomas Kirwan]

I myself am currently looking into that as well. I've read about it being done, but have not found out how yet.

 

[ChemMan]

I requested the app from Android Alpha at Leap and have worked with it some but have been waiting for some parts to build a USB adapter. Picked them up from the mailbox this morning. I am making a micro male to plug into the Note 4 and into a 4 port hub that then plugs into the male plug of the Gear VR. Can't wait to finish the adapter and work with the Leap controller in conjunction with the Gear VR's touch pad and a bt controller-keyboard-mouse combination.

 

[beanieboyG]

"The security model on the Galaxy S6 requires that you disable SELinux in order to give LeapDaemon access to the USB stack. And this of course requires rooting the device.

Once you have the device rooted, run setenforce 0 to disable SELinux. Unfortunately you'll have to rerun this anytime you boot the device.

Compared to the Note 4 where we would replace the USB plug, using a Leap Motion on the Galaxy S6 / Gear VR 2 typically involves using the external USB plug on the headset. However, this then forces one into Oculus Mobile SDK mode. Thus, it's kind of hard to use the Cardboard SDK and now you're compelled to link with the Oculus Mobile SDK which carries the various hassles including the required Oculus signature file.

You don't need an additional hub, but the current situation with the Galaxy S6 / Gear VR 2 is certainly less than ideal."

via Team Leap Motion, member

This was a comment to a post on the Leap Motion community forums.

 

[goin_nil]

This guy is doing it, kinda. Says he is developing apps for Gear VR that use Leap Motion.

He demos his setup and initial game.

https://youtu.be/OPkrOpNlMd4