gearvr-controller-uhid

What is this for?

Using the Samsung Gear VR Controller in Linux.

In the words of Samsung:

The Gear VR controller enhances your control over different VR apps and games.

Controller Capabilities

• Touchpad with single-click button
• Trigger button
• Up/Down button pair
• Back button
• Home button (also for calibration)
• Accelerometer
• Gyroscope
• Magnetometer

Available Modes (WIP)

• Mouse input
  • touchpad for mouse movement
  • touchpad button for left click
  • trigger button for right click

Where can I get one?

• BestBuy was $1 or $2 for a while, may be sold out
• Amazon $7-$8
• Samsung seems to be out of stock

Credits

• Jim Yang: great post on reverse engineering the controller: https://jsyang.ca/hacks/gear-vr-rev-eng/
• Daniel Stiner: userpace HID library
• Attila Dusnoki: BlueZ + dbus library