How Full Body Tracking Is Revolutionizing Social VR

Futurism Tech Brief By HackerNoon

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Full body tracking is becoming more popular and accessible for social VR users. Let's explore FBT technologies and see what comes next on the horizon.
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Full body tracking (FBT) for VR: FBT tracks body movements and maps them to an avatar. It improves immersion and expression in VR. Three FBT approaches: Lighthouse-based tracking: accurate, expensive, needs base stations. IMU tracking: cheap, wireless, drifts easily. FBE: simplest, not true FBT, limited accuracy. FBT market trends: Lighthouse-based tracking is dominant, but costly. IMU tracking is rising, with open-source projects like SlimeVR. FBE is the cheapest option with Standable for SteamVR