SteamVR Quest headset gaze bug

[clericg]

I like to play 2D games in theater mode. In the past theater mode, for v2.0 I believe, steam was able to ignore headset gaze cursor so I could play with my game pad.

Now when I go into th steamvr environment and want to use a gamepad for flat games, the headset will default to gaze control because I am not using the quest controllers, and uses headset gaze to control the mouse. This makes playing my 2d games unplayable with my Gamepad(Xbox controller) while inside steamvr environment. It’s like it’s taking input from both my controller as well as the headset gaze cursor at the same time. This also happens in steamVR desktop mode.

Do you know a way to disable that so I can use my Gamepad? This has been a bug forever outside of the old theater mode forever. Quest will not allow this “feature” to be disabled, so it up to the software to ignore this input. Per meta “there is no way to disable it as it serves the same function as a mouse cursor on a PC when no controllers are detected. The headset would not be useable without it in that state, and the Oculus OS does not currently allow for this level of customization for customers.” https://communityforums.atmeta.com/t5/Get-Help/Disable-Head-Cursor-Dot-Circle-BUG/td-p/929103