This article outlines the navigation inside Cintoo VR Experience application both in Desktop and VR modes. Helping to get to know better the structure and visualization of the data as well as main interface elements and tools available.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Desktop mode
At first, it’s offered to choose a project in the menu on the left by clicking on the Projects tab and then on the project you want to experience in VR. Then choose the objects to be active in the Resources tab.
Clicking on the Log Out button at the top will redirect you back to the starting menu.
The Resources tab contains work zones and on the left of each line there is a blue circle indicator with the number of objects.
To the left of objects in the Resources tab there are clickable icons:
The open eye icon is means that the object is active
The closed eye means that the object is inactive.
The target allows to jump to the object directly from the Resources tab. Once you finished setting up the right amount of data to be displayed the tab could be minimized by clicking the Resources button.
At the top of the screen in the middle is located a display mode panel that controls the visualization:
- RGB – colorful image taken from the scanner data
- X-ray – transparent mode for comparison of multiple scans
- Surface
- Indoor –inside the buildings mode allowing to darken the environment
In Desktop mode of Cintoo VR experience application the main option to navigate is from scan to scan, other options are not available. Hence, only the blue highlighted scan or model is displayed, other active resources are just enabling the scan location for scan-to-scan navigation.
VR mode
To switch to VR mode and start streaming to your headset click on the VR headset icon in the low right corner.
The main controller chosen when starting the application is called navigation controller. Right-handed setting would have A and B buttons and is used to navigate in the project.
The second controller is called the VR tools controller. It has X and Y buttons, in the right-hand setting, and its use is functional.
The interface for navigating projects and data could be visualized by pressing the B button. Navigation and visualization controls are the same as in Desktop mode.
NOTE: While you have any interface menu open, teleportation is not possible!
Navigation controller has a dynamic parabola traced from it. The parabola follows movements of your hand and changes respectively its length.
Let’s discover 3 different ways to navigate in Cintoo VR Experience in VR mode:
- Scan-to-scan - pointing at the scan location transforms parabola into a line and the scan icon gets highlighted. Press the navigation controller trigger to go to scan location.
- Teleport with motion controllers – at the end of the parabola the target is displayed, while on the floor there is a red/blue grid. Another target is projected onto the floor to make navigation easier. When the target is moved closer to the surface of the floor at some point two targets merge and will stay in place. Press the navigation controller to teleport to a chosen location.
More control tips for better adjustment of the teleport position: Discover the application section with controls 
Teleporting will activate the Turbomesh process, using the nearest activated scans and models to contribute to the 3D world real-time reconstruction.
- Vision control – to enter this mode drop the hands along the body. Now the transparent controllers are not visible, and the control goes with the gaze. To go to a scan, orient the gaze at the scan icon and once it’s highlighted press the navigation controller trigger.
VR Tools menu overview
Another way to switch between display modes is through the VR Tools menu (VR tools controller thumbstick click):
From this menu it's possible to:
- Change Units that would be used in measurements and heightmap
- Obtain different Measures (VR actions Measures)
- Perform CAD models Manipulation (not yet activated!)
- Use Comparison tools (VR actions Comparison). Only the Visual Check is available.
- Switch display Mode, including Heightmap
- Active Tags to review (VR actions Tags)
- Turn on Indoor mode
- Exit VR mode – to exit to Desktop mode
Heightmap
To lower or increase the floor and ceiling limits point at the number and pull or push correspondingly the navigation controller thumbstick:
To get back to default settings click Reset.
Indoor
Indoor mode removes the sky background replacing it with the black one. Could be used alongside
one of the other modes (RGB, XRay, Surface).
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