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What’s the future of SteamVR tracking?

The Ghost Howls

Today SteamVR is still the gold standard for what concerns PCVR tracking and many enthusiasts have Lighthouses installed in their rooms to play VR games on their Valve Index, HTC Vive, or Pimax Crystal Light. Consider that anyway object tracking is only relevant in out-of-home entertainment since no one is going to use props in VR at home.

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Big XR News from Samsung, HTC VIVE, Google, Sony, Pico, NVIDIA

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Google Invests $250 Million into HTC VIVE Following last months announcement of AndroidXR and this weeks teasers for Samsung’s Moohan, Google made a significant parallel move. The company entered into a definitive agreement with HTC VIVE, providing a substantial investment of $250 million to the leading XR firm.

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The Media and Entertainment Metaverse: What to Expect

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The media and entertainment metaverse , complete with 3D avatars, is no longer a distant prospect. A Closer Look at Metaverse Entertainment. In the entertainment industry, the Metaverse has and continues to connect audiences in shared virtual spaces via headsets and their respective or third-party virtual spaces. VR Theme Parks.

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Sundance: Immersive Theater Piece Scarecrow Had Me Hugging A Live Actor In VR

VRScout

Described by its creator, Sngmoo Lee, as “location-based arts,” Scarecrow is a one-of-a-kind immersive theater experience that combines live actors, temperature effects, and motion capture technology to offer one of the most ambitious interactive VR experiences in recent memory. This is where things got interesting.

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Bizarre Interactive VR Performance ‘Scarecrow’ Makes VRChat Debut

VRScout

Earlier this year while attending the Sundance Film Festival , I had the chance to experience Scarecrow , an immersive theater experience that combines motion capture technology with temperature effects to deliver a one-of-a-kind interactive performance unlike anything available on Broadway at the moment.

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 1: Everything you need to know about Vive Trackers

The Ghost Howls

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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HTC XR Solutions for Enterprises: The Ultimate Guide to HTC Immersive Technology

XR Today - Virtual Reality

HTC XR solutions have been revolutionizing the extended reality landscape for some time now. Ever since the original launch of the first HTC VIVE headset in 2016, HTC has constantly strengthened its position in the enterprise market, proving that XR solutions can be intuitive, cost-effective, and versatile for a range of business use cases.

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