How to detect Quest 2 controllers’ rotation/tilt amount

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Hey everyone,
As the title says, I wanted to ask if anyone knew how to detect how much my oculus quest 2 controller is tilted in unity.
I want to be able to control ama airplane in my game and therefore fly it kind of like with a joystick (this being the controller starting from a vertical position).
So yeah, in unity (newest version now so 2021.Something) is there a way to get the “rotation” Of controllers?
Thank you so much,
Matteo

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This code is using the new input system on the Quest 2 device. It should also work after a recentering of the HMD.

using UnityEngine.XR;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class HandControllers : MonoBehaviour
{
	internal Vector3 vPointPosition;
	internal Vector3 vPointDirection;
	//internal Quaternion qRotation;

	private void Update()
	{
		UnityEngine.XR.InputDevice handRDevice = InputDevices.GetDeviceAtXRNode(XRNode.RightHand);
		UnityEngine.XR.InputDevice handLDevice = InputDevices.GetDeviceAtXRNode(XRNode.LeftHand);

		//the right controller, the left is the same but using handLDevice
		bool posRSupported = handRDevice.TryGetFeatureValue(UnityEngine.XR.CommonUsages.devicePosition, out Vector3 posR);
		vPointPosition = transform.TransformPoint(posR); //to world coords
		bool rotRSupported = handRDevice.TryGetFeatureValue(UnityEngine.XR.CommonUsages.deviceRotation, out Quaternion rotR);
		vPointDirection = rotR * Vector3.forward;
		vPointDirection = transform.TransformDirection(vPointDirection);
		//qRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(vPointDirection);
		
		//...
	}
}
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@rh_galaxy Thanks so much for having took the time to answer! I will try this tomorrow and tell you if it works. Thanks again!