One step closer to home VR

Fresh from E3, and I’m sure you all have seen it, but still I have to print it here because I’m happy : we’re one big step closer to having VR at home

The first controller, by Microsoft, uses a sort of Z-cam that can get the depth information of the environment, including the player(s) :

(beware, some of the following seem to be more a “vision” than actual games)

And the second is a complete 6 Dof tracking device, probably using some 6 Dof inertial devices plus the camera tracking the glowing ball to recalibrate an absolute position !

The only issue with the technique they chose is that when the further the device is from the camera, the less precision you get.

I hope this tracker is enough to support head tracking without getting me sick

So the battle is opened, let’s see who will be the first to have games in an HMD to fulfill Steven Spielberg’s prediction that VR the is future of gaming ?