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What’s the future of SteamVR tracking?

The Ghost Howls

Motion capture If you want a cheap system for motion capture you can use Vive Trackers and full-body VR to record animations of yourself moving. For sure SteamVR can be useful to create a cheap animation studio in your home.

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VR Streetball Game Blacktop Hoops Coming Later This Month

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” Blacktop Hoops is a VR streetball simulator that will allow you to showcase your hoop skills by performing flashy trick shots, sweet dunks, and fancy dribbling on the basketball court. The company used motion capture technology to capture the movements of streetball pros and dunkers like Jordan Kilganon and King Handles.

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IKinema Teases More Impressive Full Body Mocap with Vive Tracker

Road to VR

Their expertise in inverse kinematics results in convincing, affordable motion capture using a small number of tracking points. By attaching Trackers in the most effective places, combined with inverse kinematics, a form of full-body motion capture can be generated; HTC themselves recently released code to illustrate this technique.

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Feel Rain Fall In VR With Full-Body TESLASUIT

VRScout

This week, social VR platform Somnium Space and haptic technology developer TESLASUIT announced the development of a full-body motion capture suit complete with 68 haptic points capable of simulating a wide variety of physical sensations, from the subtle trickle of water to the intense g-force of a jet fighter engine. .

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You Can Now Play VR Games Inside A Shipping Container

VRScout

This includes everything from motion capture and spatial audio to a motion floor and temperature haptics capable of simulating heat and cold. “We The game features a number of cutting-edge technologies designed to further immerse you in the experience.

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Meet The Forge: A Metaverse XR Studio System by Prox & Reverie

ARPost

This studio system contains the latest interactive production tools, such as Oculus, Manus, Vive , Faceware, Varjo , and Xsens motion capture. Designed by metaverse portal specialists, The Forge can simulate and fuse together virtual and physical realities. Volumetric camera set up in the ‘holoportation’ gateway.

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Oculus Research Devises High-accuracy Low-cost Stylus for Writing & Drawing in VR

Road to VR

According to the paper published on the NTU’s website , the DodecaPen’s absolute accuracy of 0.4mm is comparable to an advanced OptiTrack motion capture setup using 10 cameras—a combined resolution of 17 megapixels. The DodecaPen system achieves the same accuracy with a single, off-the-shelf, 1.3MP camera.