I am using the default Voip Component. If I join the scene using a desktop browser or a phone, the voice chat works as intended. When a user joins, other users receive a console log containing a list of the joiner’s connected audio devices. But if I join using a vr headset (tested using a Meta Quest 2) I am not able to hear other users, and they are not able to hear me. The console log containing the list of audio devices is also not sent. I am asked for permission to use the headset microphone, but the vr browser doesn’t give an indication that the microphone has been activated. Typically if a web page uses the headset microphone, a microphone icon appears in red on the address bar. Here the microphone icon appears, but it is white as if to indicate that the microphone isn’t active.
Am I missing something which adds the voice chat for the headset user? I have tried attaching the Voip Component to a couple of different objects in my scene, such as the vr avatar, and an empty which contained only the Voip Component and was parented only by the scene. I didn’t notice a difference in the voice chat performance.
Hi, it doesnt matter where the VOIP component is attached. This sounds that your quest browser does not have the permissions it requires to access the microphone?
Both of those sites are able to access my headset microphone, so that must be the issue. When I first join my glitch I’m asked for permission to use the microphone and I press “allow”. So I’m not sure where in the process I’ve messed up
Ok that’s odd. The VOIP component hasnt changed in a long time - funnily enough I was just working on upgrading it today. I’ll test it here again on my quest and send you a link later to try
Thank you for letting me know, the new version of the VoIP looks very useful. I was testing out my scene there, and I think the issue is fixed. It might have had something to do with my browser settings instead however. I reset my meta browser’s cache and the next time I loaded my scene the voice chat functioned properly. I’ve noticed that pressing the microphone icon on the browser’s address bar when the microphone is active will bring up a menu with an option to disable it. But if the microphone has been disabled, that menu doesn’t appear. So it’s possible at some point that I disabled the microphone and couldn’t find the way to enable it again. Thank you for your help though, having the sample scenes you sent me to mess around with helped me to figure it out
Ok cool! Good to hear! I think the update is still worth making if you continue working with it now because it improves the whole voip and screensharing networking and will be the bases for integrating voip with e.g. screensharing and networking videostreams as well
how do you know if this works? it prompted me to allow microphone and i accepted, but then dont see anything else happening in log or anywhere when i talk
also, does voip require networking component? in my local project, it doesnt even prompt to allow mic. all i did was create empty object and add voip to it
im not trying to talk to other people multiplayer, im trying to allow users to talk to 3D avatar on the screen
