HTC's VR wrist tracker can see what's in your hand in VR

(Pocket-lint) - HTC has revealed a wrist-based VR tracker for its Vive Focus 3 virtual world headset. A tracker that's susceptible of tracking from your elbow to your fingertips. 

The aptly named Vive Wrist Tracker is designed to connection lightweight and versatile tracking for the all-in-one standalone headset. Strap it to your wrist and the tracker is capable to assistance with manus tracking successful VR adjacent erstwhile it can't beryllium seen by the headset itself. 

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HTC says that the Vive Wrist Tracker is not lone way your manus question but tin besides way objects you're holding successful your manus too. This includes everything from handheld tools to steering wheels.  The wrist tracker tin besides seemingly beryllium attached to real-world objects and past marque it truthful those objects tin beryllium tracked with six degrees of freedom. 

The added bonus of this setup is the tracker makes it imaginable for the strategy to way manus question adjacent wherever the manus would usually permission the tracking area. Imagine playing tennis, for example, keeping your eyes connected your hostile but taking ample swings that mightiness spell down your caput oregon assemblage and retired of presumption of the modular tracking cameras. 

HTC says the Vive Wrist Tracker is capable to way nonstop manus movements and present much precise tracking passim VR experiences. 

The Vive Wrist Tracker should besides beryllium capable to beryllium utilized without overmuch fuss arsenic it's 85 per cent smaller than the Vive Focus 3 controller and 50 per cent lighter too. It's besides susceptible of 4 hours of changeless usage and has a useful indicator to fto you cognize erstwhile it needs plugging successful for a charge. 

This new tracker volition beryllium disposable "early" 2022 for $129, €129, £119. 

Writing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 6 January 2022.