VR Tracking
Hands-on: HTC’s New Standalone Vive Tracker Effortlessly Brings More of Your Body Into VR
With three versions of SteamVR trackers under its belt, HTC has been a leading enabler of full-body tracking in VR. Now the company's latest...
Researchers Show Full-body VR Tracking with Controller-mounted Cameras
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated a practical system for full-body tracking in VR using cameras mounted on the controllers to get a...
HTC Opens Pre-orders for ‘Mars CamTrack’ Virtual Production Box
HTC teased a new Vive product last week which aims to leverage the company's Vive Trackers for virtual productions. Called Vive Mars CamTrack, the...
“Major improvements” Coming to Quest 2 Hand-tracking with ‘2.0’ Upgrade
Meta today announced "major improvements" coming to Quest 2's controllerless hand-tracking capability. The 're-architected computer vision and machine learning approach' is said to specifically...
Latest Manus VR Gloves Promise New Levels of Finger Tracking Accuracy
At GDC 2022 this week, VR glove creator Manus revealed its new Quantum Metagloves which the company says delivers significantly more accurate finger tracking...
Tundra Tracker Bundles Sold Out in Just 3 Minutes
Tundra Tracker, a SteamVR Tracking puck born out of a successful Kickstarter last year, was sold to the general public for the first time...
Meta Says Full-body Tracking Probably Not Viable with Inside-out Headsets
Much ado has been made about Meta's latest avatars which juxtapose impressive expression against, well... a complete lack of legs. While full-body tracking is...
Ultraleap Hand-tracking Update Delivers Improved Two-handed Interactions
The latest version of Ultraleap's hand-tracking tech is finally available today on Windows for use with the Leap Motion Controller accessory and promises to...
Tundra Tracker Pricing Revealed, Here’s How it Compares to Vive Tracker
Tundra Labs, the company developing the Tundra Tracker SteamVR Tracking accessory, has revealed pricing for the device starting at $95. Previously planned for earlier...
HTC Announces Face-tracker for Vive Pro and Vive Tracker 3.0, Launching This Month for...
HTC today announced two new VR accessories: a consumer version of its face-tracker and a new version of the Vive Tracker which is said...
Exclusive: Tundra Tracker Aims for Smaller, Cheaper Alternative to Vive Tracker for SteamVR Tracking
Tundra Labs, which makes chips and development kits for devices which use SteamVR Tracking, is building its own tracking accessory for the tracking ecosystem....
PlayStation 5 Revealed with HD Stereo Camera, May Support Upgraded Tracking for PSVR &...
Sony today revealed its newest console, PlayStation 5. Though the company has previously confirmed that PS5 will support the current PSVR headset, it remained...
Microsoft Files ‘Virtual Reality Floor Mat’ Patent, Possibly Aimed at an Xbox VR Headset
A Microsoft patent application for a 'virtual reality floor mat' describes a special mat which defines a virtual playspace and can be used for...
OptiTrack Shows Hundreds of Simultaneously Tracked Objects in a Single VR Experience
OptiTrack at GDC last week showed off a demonstration of their enterprise/commercial tracking technology which is capable of accurately tracking hundreds of objects simultaneously...
Report: New Oculus ‘Rift S’ Headset to be Revealed at GDC Next Week
According to a report by UploadVR, citing emails sent from Facebook to Oculus developers, the rumored Rift S headsets will be revealed next week...
