VIVE Ultimate Tracker - Full-Body Tracking for Standalone VR (2024)

FAQs

Do you need VIVE Trackers for full body tracking? ›

For full-body tracking experiences, you'll want to add more Trackers. We recommend 3+ trackers for a full-body tracking experience.

PC optional, no base stations needed. Just plug a VIVE Wireless Dongle into your headset and enjoy low-latency connectivity. With 6DoF inside-out tracking, maneuvering through even large-scale environments is a breeze.

The VIVE Focus series provides standalone VR solutions for enterprise. Harness the power of virtual reality with high-resolution displays, versatile tracking features, and immersive business applications.

6DoF inside-out tracking

The VIVE Ultimate Tracker is self-tracking, offering high-precision VR experiences without the need for base stations or other external sensors.

You'll need to set up at least two base stations for minimum tracking coverage.

Fasten the tracker base to the trackstrap, and then put the trackstrap on your body first. After putting on the trackstrap, attach VIVE Ultimate Tracker to the tracker base. Important: Some accessories may already have the tracker base installed. If the accessory has the tracker base, just attach the tracker to it.

Yes, each tracker will have its own set of dongles, cradles, and cables.

HTC is discontinuing its Vive Pro and Vive Focus headsets in favor of newer versions of the headsets. The change helps streamline the company's smattering of headsets. In a recent opinion piece I argued that HTC's VR headset lineup, which had reached 11 different packages, had turned into a confusing array of options.

The VIVE XR Elite is one standalone headset that takes freedom and comfort to the max: It doesn't need to be connected to a PC (although it can be if you want to render more powerful graphics) and the weight of the display in the front is carefully balanced by that of the battery in the back.

PCVR offers the highest quality graphics and the best VR games and applications, but requires a powerful computer and is less portable. Standalone VR, on the other hand, is portable and easier to set up, but the graphics quality is usually lower and the range of games and applications is more limited.

What do I need for full body tracking? ›

That means you only need 3 VR trackers to get FBT in VRChat: one for your waist and two for your feet. The positions of the remaining points on your body (like your elbows and knees) are estimated through a process called inverse kinematics (IK).

VIVE Ultimate Tracker - Full Body Tracking without Base stations. 5 Trackers can be connected to a single small USB-C dongle into a VIVE XR Elite Headset as a standalone device to track objects in the world or function as full body tracking, strapped and sync'd to your limbs.

Remember that head tracking is already done by your VR headset, and if you have two VR controllers, those also count as tracked objects that let VRChat know where your hands are. That means you only need 3 VR trackers to get FBT in VRChat: one for your waist and two for your feet.