[vtkusers] VTK with OpenVR on Linux (HTC Vive)

[Ken Martin]

You may need

#include "vtkAutoInit.h"
VTK_MODULE_INIT(vtkRenderingOpenGL2)
VTK_MODULE_INIT(vtkRenderingOpenVR)


or similar.  Give that a shot - Ken



On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 7:55 AM, <deubel at dornheim-medical-images.com> wrote:

> Dear Ken,
> I finally managed to get my code building and running on both Windows and
> Linux.
> You can find it here:
> https://transfer.sh/gJ1Sg/vtkOpenVRHelloWorld.zip
>
> Unfortunately, it doesn't work with the latest VTK-Version from
> https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk
> After some testing, I found the first commit it doesn't build with:
> https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/commit/61bc6b5b4b8f0d2d111f6c10af3dd7
> 9488f919cc
> (VTK builds, but my program doesn't build with this VTK Version)
>
> Even though I already use the vtkOpenVR* classes explicitly, it doesn't
> build.
> Is there something else I have to change to make it compatible?
>
> Make produces the following Linker error:
>
> [ 50%] Linking CXX executable vtkOpenVRHelloWorld
> CMakeFiles/vtkOpenVRHelloWorld.dir/CylinderRenderingProperties.cxx.o: In
> function `vtkRenderingOpenGL2_AutoInit::vtkRenderingOpenGL2_AutoInit()':
> /media/max/home/max/build-vtk-current-master-Desktop_Qt_5_
> 11_2_GCC_64bit-Default/Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkRenderingOpenGL2Module.h:47:
> undefined reference to `vtkRenderingOpenVR_AutoInit_Construct()'
> CMakeFiles/vtkOpenVRHelloWorld.dir/CylinderRenderingProperties.cxx.o: In
> function `vtkRenderingOpenGL2_AutoInit::~vtkRenderingOpenGL2_AutoInit()':
> /media/max/home/max/build-vtk-current-master-Desktop_Qt_5_
> 11_2_GCC_64bit-Default/Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkRenderingOpenGL2Module.h:47:
> undefined reference to `vtkRenderingOpenVR_AutoInit_Destruct()'
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
> Max.D.
>
>
> 4. Oktober 2018 16:10, "Ken Martin" <ken.martin at kitware.com
> <ken.martin at kitware.com?to=%22Ken%20Martin%22%20%3Cken.martin at kitware.com%3E>>
> schrieb:
>
> You need to create an use an OpenVRCamera. From your code it doesn't look
> like you are. I doubt that is the crash but it could be.
> Does the example work on windows? Since linux is an unknown I would think
> it would be best to make sure you have something working on windows, then
> port to linux.
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 9:56 AM, <deubel at dornheim-medical-images.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hey Guys,
> Has anyone of you been able to use the vtkOpenVR classes on Linux?
> I can run Steam with SteamVR on a Ubuntu 18.04 system, but when I try to
> run the HelloWorld Example of VTK modified for VR, I encounter a
> segmentation fault.
> You can find the code I used here: https://pastebin.com/gjsvKy58
> The whole project with binary and core dump can be found here:
> https://transfer.sh/6vONY/build.zip
>
> Do you have any suggestions on how to get this working?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
> Max.Deubel
>
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