HTC unveils Vive Pro - Higher resolution, integrated audio, front facing cameras, etc.

[kylel999]

[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;53038039]Tracking the headset with the cameras sounds like a great idea until you realize you can't track the controllers outside their limited field of view, which I'm guessing would get annoying real fast[/QUOTE]

IIRC that's one of the ways some companies tried to get hand tracking to work and it was fucking awful

[HumanAbyss]

[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;53038039]Tracking the headset with the cameras sounds like a great idea until you realize you can't track the controllers outside their limited field of view, which I'm guessing would get annoying real fast[/QUOTE]

I imagine it's likely just adding extra fidelity to the tracking if anything, I doubt they'd replace their current solution whole cloth.

[Elspin]

[QUOTE=Kylel999;53038392]IIRC that's one of the ways some companies tried to get hand tracking to work and it was fucking awful[/QUOTE]

It's how the windows mixed reality (but actually VR) headsets work, the cameras have a wide field of view and they're on the edge of the headset so they track with a lot more range than you'd expect, but it is of course much worse than lighthouse or outside-in camera tracking.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;53038426]I imagine it's likely just adding extra fidelity to the tracking if anything, I doubt they'd replace their current solution whole cloth.[/QUOTE]

They don't really fit in with a sensor fusion strategy in any way with the existing hardware, as has been said previously if anything they'll be used for camera pass-through or room scanning for detecting obstacles and interaction. Currently the vive uses its front facing camera to give you a green matrix outline of the real world when you get close when enabled, I imagine they're planning on enhancing the features of that.