oculus_reader
- Software
- Humanoids and robot learning
- Tool
A Python tool that reads the pose and button presses of Oculus Quest controllers, using an Android app installed on the headset and communicated with over ADB.
Made by Robotic AI & Learning Lab Berkeley.
Source on GitHub: github.com/rail-berkeley/oculus_reader (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 2cf70ab (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 2cf70ab (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Streams controller position and pressed buttons from the Oculus Quest headset to a Python script.
- Relies on an APK running on the headset; its source code is provided so the behavior can be extended.
- Can connect over a USB cable, or over the network once the headset's IP address is known.
- Optionally visualizes the controller transforms with a ROS script if ROS is installed.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 2cf70ab.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- An Oculus Quest headset connected to the computer by USB cable, with ADB installed; the headset needs Developer Mode enabled and, for network use, the same network as the computer.
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 14 May 2026 on main
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
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