How can we deactivate the Gaze Interactor in the presence of hands or controllers within the scene?

[Ram1508]

@AMollis

[Scenario]
I'm faced with a situation where I want to dynamically suppress the gaze interactor whenever hand interactors are present on the screen.

[Approach]

In a scene featuring two buttons, "Enable Gaze" and "Enable Hand," I've employed the following methods:

1. When the "Enable Hand" button is activated:

I've configured the Interaction Layer Mask to be set to Nothing in the FuzzyGazeInteractor script (Gaze Interactor) and GazePinchInteractor Script (Right and Left Hand Controller).

2. When "Enable Gaze" button is activated, I've set the Interaction Layer Mask to be Everything.

[Question]
Is this approach the most effective way to achieve this, or are there alternative methods that might be more suitable?

[marlenaklein-msft]

Hi @Ram1508, curious is there a reason you are modifying the InteractionLayerMask instead of enabling/disabling the GazePinchInteractor? I believe the DisableInteractorsExample scene and the InteractorBehaviorControls sample script have similar examples if that's helpful

[Ram1508]

@marlenaklein-msft

Thanks for the reply.

No, there is no specific reason to modifying the interaction layer mask. As I was exploring for different possibilities, I encountered with that method. I tried the DisableInteractorsExample scene and it was helpful.