{"id":52842,"date":"2017-11-17T05:16:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T05:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=52842"},"modified":"2017-11-17T05:16:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T05:16:22","slug":"htcs-vr-object-tracker-is-launching-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/htcs-vr-object-tracker-is-launching-in-december.html","title":{"rendered":"HTC&#8217;s VR object tracker is launching in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">HTC&#8217;s VR object tracker is launching in December<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">HTC&#8217;s VR object tracker is launching in December:- HTC&#8217;s Vive Tracker allows objects to be tracked in VR. It utilizes the same weirdly shaped configuration at the top of the HTC Vive controller, tosses a battery into it and a tripod mount and for $99.99 allows you to bring objects into virtual reality with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">It\u2019s been open to developers for a few months but now the device and some associated bundles are going up for pre-order today, shipping in mid-December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The intent is for developers to ship experiences with their own objects and mounts that are pre-rendered in-game so that everything is reliably tracked and the shape in the real world is identical to what you feel in the game. Right now, HTC is advertising some experiences that come with plastic tennis rackets or guns or arm straps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">It kind of feels like an evolution of those plastic tennis rackets and golf clubs that people started selling for the Nintendo Wii about 10 years ago. The obvious difference being that these are tracked in-game so there\u2019s something actually being delivered beyond the gimmick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Nevertheless, it\u2019s unclear how far this is going to go for consumers, especially without HTC selling some standard objects like a stock gun for use in games. While something like straps for your arms or legs could make sense, there aren\u2019t going to be a lot of people buying these if they need to get a new object to fix it to for every title they want to use it for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">That said, if you\u2019re looking forward to bringing full-body tracking into your VR experience, this is definitely the best option out there for you right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/11\/16\/htcs-vr-object-tracker-is-launching-in-december-for-99-99\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/htcs-vr-object-tracker-is-launching-in-december.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HTC&#8217;s VR object tracker is launching in December HTC&#8217;s VR object tracker is launching in December:- HTC&#8217;s Vive Tracker allows objects to be tracked in VR. 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