GearVR rotation stutter InputTracking.GetNodeStates

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What is the correct way to use UnityEngine.VR.InputTracking.GetNodeStates()? Should this be called in Update, FixedUpdate or somewhere else?

I'm noticing a particualr problem on GearVR (not apparent on Rift) when updating my 'centerEyeCamera' position and rotation using the above, 'manual' method rather than relying on the 'automatic' built-in Unity tracking - I get a noticeable lag/stutter when rotating.

I have a scene where the user can switch between the auto-tracked camera and my 'manual' camera (where I set the position and rotation to the values I receive in GetNodeStates). The auto-tracked camera is significantly smoother than my 'manually' tracked one, but I would expect Unity to get those values from exactly the same place.

The code below is how I am updating my 'manual' camera transform - I have attempted to call this from Update, FixedUpdate and both at the same time, but each suffers from the same judder effect. I am disabling the 'automatic' tracking on the camera using VRDevice.DisableAutoVRCameraTracking(, true);

     void UpdateNode()
     {
         InputTracking.GetNodeStates(nodeStates);
         for (int i = 0; i < nodeStates.Count; ++i)
         {
             if (nodeStates[i].nodeType == VRNode.CenterEye)
             {
                 Vector3 position;
                 if (nodeStates[i].TryGetPosition(out position))
                     centerEyeCam.transform.localPosition = position;
 
                 Quaternion rotation;
                 if (nodeStates[i].TryGetRotation(out rotation))
                     centerEyeCam.transform.localRotation = rotation;
             }
         }
     }

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Answer by DAVcoHL · Sep 08, 2017 at 11:01 AM

After much head scratching, I've found that the correct way to get smooth tracking while 'manually' setting position/rotation is to update the transform of the camera in the OnPreRender callback.

I'm guessing that the tracked eye position is updated in a much faster loop that Unity's render/physics update and has changed between the last Update and Render call, resulting in image stutter. So the only way to get a transform that matches the rendered image is to update the transform at the last possible moment.

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