I wonder... "Hand Tracking"

amadeus1171

amadeus1171
I wonder if it's possible to use the HTC's front facing camera to enable hand tracking so that we can use our hands in VR...

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bitstorm

bitstorm
Hmm maybe. It's even possible this might have been why the Vive was halted on release and reworked.

As I remember, they initially were going to release without the camera, but had a last minute change of plan, putting a decent delay on the release date but it then came with a camera.

Me I've not found much of a need for the camera, and so never really understood why they thought it was worth halting production and redoing the Vive for it.

But handtracking... yes maybe.
 
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Captain N

C
Hand tracking with a single 2D camera... colour me skeptical. The camera on the Vive is not exactly a Kinect sensor suite. Where would it get the necessary depth information from?

Pretty unnecessary too since hand tracking with VR gloves is just round the corner anyway. Manus just announced they'll start shipping devkits in Q2:
[video=youtube;DTaQFtQEVAg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTaQFtQEVAg[/video]
 

VR Mr Teatime

VR Mr Teatime
I'd be happy with the index fingertip only on each hand so that I can interact with those holographic panels similar to this:

[video=youtube;HicHPRZs6GI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HicHPRZs6GI[/video]
 
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