The Mozilla MozVR team was demonstrating the open WebVR standard as well as A-Frame at GDC a few weeks ago and people were intrigued; some were surprised the web could handle VR, some probably just thought our VR line was smaller (it was by miles), and others saw the Xbox controller next the VR headsets and wanted to know how Microsoft Xbox controller + VR + Mac + browser even worked. I was so excited about all of this that I jumped on it immediately upon return from GDC. Let's see how it all works!
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Step One: Xbox Controller Driver (360Controller)
The 360Controller project provides a list of Mac driver releases for the Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The latest (0.15.0) is required for Xbox One support. Download and install the package provided and you'll see a 'Xbox 360 Controllers' label and icon in your System Preferences app. This preferences pane provides information about the Xbox controller selected and also provides controls for overriding settings:
You must connect your Xbox controller via USB for the Mac to detect the controller -- wireless wont work. Press the buttons and watch each button's representation in the app light up. You can even press the left and right trigger buttons and the Xbox controller will shake. Solid!
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Step Two: Gamepad API
The JavaScript GamePad API provides access to controllers within the browser. Start by calling `navigator.getGamepads()` to get a listing of gamepads plugged in:
The user may plug in a device during gameplay (or any time for that matter) so you can use two handy event listeners to detect connection and disconnection:
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A GamePad object provides the following information:
The buttons property is interesting: an array of GamepadButton objects, each having a boolean pressed values describing if the button is currently being pressed. You're were probably hoping (like I did) that there would be an event listener for button presses but there isn't -- you have to do button press checks within your game's loop (requestAnimationFrame). It's likely done that way so that lag, latency, etc. don't cause havoc between a listener and game state. Here's a quick example:
You can see more button press and reaction examples on MDN. You can also check out HTML5 Gamepad Tester to experiment with button pressing and axis state for any given controller.
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Step 3: The Game: Tanx
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The game showcased with VR + Xbox controller + Gamepad API was a special 3D build of Tanx by PlayCanvas. The visual was amazing and people loved the game in an enhanced 3D state. Sorry, I don't have a link to a public version at this time!
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There you have it -- you can connect your Xbox controller to Mac and play HTML5 games that support the Gamepad API with a special driver and a bit of JavaScript magic!