#slimevr — Public Fediverse posts

the temptation to buy a bunch of extra Ring Fit leg straps to holster four more joy-cons so I can do slime vr body tracking... despite the fact that I don't have anything set up yet which would require body tracking

like, okay, arm tracking would be nice so that I can pet my friends in VRChat. is there a way to do that while still playing in desktop mode? I don't actually need to be able to look around in 3D and I don't have a headset, I just want to move my arms

#question #vrchat #slimevr

I think we're seeing the final major iterations of #VirtualReality Controllers, and #VR #technology is about to hit that maturity point where there isn't much else to do beyond making what's there better.

Unless someone comes up with a groundbreaking new way to do input with them, #VRControllers will condense to buttons / sticks that you attach to your hands (either literally just half a #gamepad on a strap or harnesses for your fingers that push back) and cameras on the headset and in the room do #FingerTracking, #FullbodyTracking, and #FaceTracking. In other words, the designs where you actually hold controllers or attach extensive trackers to your body are kind of dead, aside from maybe #SlimeVR being marketed for a while longer as a way to improve that tracking and compensate for occlusion issues.

After that, attaching stuff to your body will be all about #haptic feedback, like a #HapticVest or a #gigglepuck.

The rest will be #software for #VRExperiences like #Resonite and #VRChat.

I think we're seeing the final major iterations of #VirtualReality Controllers, and #VR #technology is about to hit that maturity point where there isn't much else to do beyond making what's there better.

Unless someone comes up with a groundbreaking new way to do input with them, #VRControllers will condense to buttons / sticks that you attach to your hands (either literally just half a #gamepad on a strap or harnesses for your fingers that push back) and cameras on the headset and in the room do #FingerTracking, #FullbodyTracking, and #FaceTracking. In other words, the designs where you actually hold controllers or attach extensive trackers to your body are kind of dead, aside from maybe #SlimeVR being marketed for a while longer as a way to improve that tracking and compensate for occlusion issues.

After that, attaching stuff to your body will be all about #haptic feedback, like a #HapticVest or a #gigglepuck.

The rest will be #software for #VRExperiences like #Resonite and #VRChat.

busybee: fluffy rambles: SlimeVR: A brief review of my brief ownership https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/2310-SlimeVR-A-brief-review-of-my-brief-ownership #VirtualReality #SlimeVR #Blog #FBT

I want to see if I can design a minimum viable slime vr tracker.

At the moment I'm thinking of using the ESP32-C3 along with the BMI160 IMU. Not sure what the cheapest and easiest way to power it is though. :blobfoxthink:​

#slimevr #fbt