HTC may have new virtual reality accessories you should buy.The company introduced the latest Vive Tracker Via YouTube video This week promises an easy, compact way to add inside-out tracking to just about anything launching later this year.
Generations of trackers have come and gone, all relying on the base station systems HTC and Valve introduced with the first Vive. Rather than using infrared lights to track horn-shaped protrusions fixed to the body, the new tracker uses the same tracking method as most modern headsets (cameras) to track the rest of the body. and props into the virtual world. This may be the simplest solution to the albatross’ “lost leg” around the meth’s neck.
compact and unobtrusive
The new Vive Tracker is like a miniature VR headset with a built-in camera.
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The self-tracking accessory — which still doesn’t have an official name, according to HTC — features two “high-field-of-view” cameras and an onboard processor that uses the same algorithms as the company’s current VR hardware to track the position of anything you attach it to. Identify The hardware has a pack-like quality and is lighter and more streamlined than previous trackers. At “less than 100 grams,” according to HTC, it’s technically the lightest tracker ever released.
However, the device is not just for tracking limbs and props. According to HTC, the new trackers will include hot-swappable UNC mounts, much like those found in cameras and audio equipment, so VTubers and other creators should be able to slot them into existing virtual production environments as well. The point is that the tracker is flexible: you can get full-body tracking with a standalone device like the Vive XR Elite and get the simplicity of a standalone device in a PC VR environment, all with the same accessories.
Finally, feet
Finding ways to incorporate lower body movement (or arms without controllers) is key to the real metaverse experiences available today. Many serious VRChat users of his own own or have tried HTC’s original VR tracker of his, so Meta’s embarrassment about the lack of limbs in Horizon Worlds is understandable, but It’s not always necessary given the solution. do Existence.
HTC is also making OpenXR support for these new trackers. This theoretically means that it can be used with VR headsets that support the same open standards. The question is whether Meta, another major producer of VR hardware, will bite the bullet. Fixing any device to your body isn’t the futuristic experience Facebook’s owners are pushing with the Metaverse project, but it works. Perhaps the answer to losing a leg in VR is to accept that you look more gruff in real life.
HTC plans to release the self-tracking Vive Tracker in Q3.The company hasn’t shared pricing for the accessory, but interested developers can learn more. Vive website.
