Plugin/Handbook/src/appendix/planned-features-completion-status.md

Planned Features Completion Status

Implemented as of v2.3.x

• Full SenseGlove low-level core API access through Unreal C++.
• Full SenseGlove low-level core API access through Blueprint.
• DK 1 Support.
• Nova 1 Support.
• Nova 2 Support.
• Support for Microsoft Windows as a development platform.
• Support for GNU/Linux as a development platform.
• Support for Microsoft Windows as a deployment platform.
• Support for GNU/Linux x64 as a deployment platform.
• Support for GNU/Linux AArch64 as a deployment platform.
• Support for Android as a deployment platform.
• Support for Oculus Quest 2 and Oculus Quest Pro.
• Support for HTC VIVE Pro and HTC VIVE Focus 3.
• Support for HTC VIVE Trackers and HTC VIVE Wrist Trackers.
• On-device calibration for Android without the need for SenseCom.
• Haptic feedback including force feedback, buzz, and thumper commands.
• A customizable Grab component that could be added to any actor.
• A customizable Touch component that could be added to any actor.
• Ability to grab, release, and throw objects around.
• Separation of the real and virtual hand rendering.
• An out-of-the-box customizable SGPawn with the ability to be extended in C++ and Blueprint.
• Easy wrist/hand tracking debugging using the SenseGlove Debug module.
• A generic Settings module with the ability to override settings.
• C++/Blueprint interaction events such as OnGrabStateUpdated, OnTouchStateUpdated, OnActorGrabbed, OnActorReleased, OnActorBeginTouch, and OnActorEndTouch.
• A fall back to HMD and wrist tracker hardware auto-detection mechanism when automatic detection of the wrist tracker hardware is desired.
• OpenXR-compatible hand tracking (XR_EXT_hand_tracking) support.
• FXRMotionControllerData compatible hand animation system on UE versions 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4.
• FXRHandTrackingState compatible hand animation system on UE versions 5.5+.
• FXRMotionControllerData compatible wrist tracking system on UE versions 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4.
• FXRHandTrackingState compatible wrist tracking system on UE versions 5.5+.
• FXRMotionControllerData compatible hand interaction manipulation system on UE versions 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4.
• FXRHandTrackingState compatible hand interaction manipulation system on UE versions 5.5+.
• Ability to fallback to hand tracking when a glove is not present and use the bare hands for interactions, or a combination of glove and hand tracking if no motion controller input is detected.
• The SenseGlove grab/touch sockets one-click-setup ability on any Epic-compliant virtual hand mesh from within the Unreal Editor's Content Browser, Skeleton Editor, or Skeletal Mesh Editor.
• A flexible virtual hand animation system that can take the mesh bone's transforms into account for a more reliable hand animation.
• Ability to manage the Engine Scalability Settings through the SenseGlove plugin in order to change the graphics settings on the fly.
• Ability to automatically ask for the required permissions on Android when the plugin is enabled in any UE project.

Upcoming features planned for the v2.4.x release

Planned features long-term

• Get tracking input from sources other than a SenseGlove device.
• Be able to assign behaviors to different objects (meshes) in the scene (e.g. Slider, Hinge, basic Grabables, etc).
• Make it so developers can define or extend their own behavior(s) to an object through Code / Blueprint (e.g. I want a car door that is like a slider, but follows a path rather than a straight line).
• Make the hand(s) able to push around physics-driven objects (for as much as their behaviors allow) (in backlog).
• Be able to grab objects with up to 2 hands (and move them around with both hands at the same time in a way that seems realistic).
• Ensure that our virtual hands (and the objects they hold) do not phase through other physics objects (e.g. walls and tables).
• Allow other scripts to force a grab and/or release to occur (for example, when you place it apart at the designated location, it gets removed from your hand and snaps into place).
• Have some form of weight simulation by making certain objects harder to push, lowering manipulation speed, or making objects only moveable with two hands.
• (Optional) Make it so the fingers of your virtual hands do not clip inside the meshes you are holding (certain people see this as an indicator of how fast the Force-Feedback activates - but it's basically just rendering).