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HTC’s Vive Ultimate Trackers are a sleeker way to keep tabs on your VR limbs and other objects
HTC’s Vive Ultimate Tracker is a new VR peripheral that’s designed to track body parts like your feet or any other object you want to strap it to, the company has announced. First teased at GDC earlier this year, the Vive Ultimate Tracker is now available to buy starting at $199.
Although HTC has been producing VR trackers for years to work alongside its headsets, the Vive Ultimate Tracker is its first to support inside-out tracking, meaning it works without the need for the cumbersome external base stations used with older headsets. That means the Vive Ultimate Tracker can work seamlessly with all-in-one headsets like the Vive XR Elite or Vive Focus 3, with no additional sensors required. The tracker connects to the XR Elite and Focus 3…