Today, Vive has made it even easier to jumpstart your Vive Tracker projects by working with development agencies to release new tutorials and project code for your Vive Tracker projects.
Vive has also informed us that the Vive Tracker will be available again today for purchase and shipping in the US. (Keep checking the site for purchase availability).
Here’s info from Vive on specific projects you can use as models or starters for your use of Vive Trackers.
• Mobile Room-Scale: When we first unveiled the Tracker at CES, one of the most popular demos was Master of Shapes’ “Cover Me!!” game that merged mobile and Vive. Using Vive and Vive Trackers, for the first time, a mobile phone had a view into the VR world with room-scale tracking.
Tutorial and blog: https://masterofshapes.com/thelab/mobile-room-scale-experiences-with-vive-tracker/
• Virtual Graffiti: The Vive Tracker enables integration of physical switches into the virtual world as well. In this tutorial, Master of Shapes will walk you through building your own 3D-printed spray can and integrating the Vive Tracker for your virtual tagging needs.
Tutorial and blog: https://masterofshapes.com/thelab/spray-paint-in-vr-with-vive-tracker/
• Piñata Party!” Location-based VR entertainment is a burgeoning industry and Vive Tracker will also power VR experiences that are designed uniquely for an event or location. Piñata Party is a physics-based VR game where players must smash a real piñata and vacuum up its sweet, sweet candy before time runs out. Players can pick their favorite melee weapon (baseball bat, club, or frozen fish) and use it to attack the piñata.
Developer blog: http://twobitcircus.com/news/pinata-party/
Project files: Download here.
Code documentation: Download here
• Mixed Reality: Mixed reality (MR) video is the closest approximation to showing what it’s like to be in VR. For VR creators or streamers, MR is the best way to market and showcase VR outside of the headset. To make it even easier to use the Vive Tracker to serve as a motion-tracked camera, we’ve released a tool that will allow the Tracker to be recognized for recording.
Using the Vive Tracker to create MR video content. Source: HTC VIVE
Check out the Vive Community post for instructions and download link: https://community.viveport.com/t5/Developer-Discussion/Vive-Tracker-Role-Changer-current-version-0-8/td-p/6602.
[This information and portions of this article were originally posted on the Vive Developer Blog]
