I want to create a new VR controller

Posted by Nickiler on Saturday March 19, 2022 @04:30PM
from the self-post dept.

TL;DR Is it possible to make controllers for VR (oculus quest) using IR LEDs for tracking?

I want to develop complementary tools (controllers, etc) for que oculus quest 2. I know that they use IR to track the current controllers, so I am wondering if in UNITY I can do track of other IR sources.

IE: a mechanical keyboard that can be connected to Bluetooth and can be tracked by 4 IR leds

for context: My background is in electronics, i have a IoT development startup and want to build hardware for VR.

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Re:I want to create a new VR controller by f0e4c2f7 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @12:23AM (#30740095)

You can do a version of this today with vive trackers[0] but that wouldn't work with the quest. There probably is a way though.

I've generally found the VR space to be more hackable than I expected so far. Both in software and hardware.

The most interesting experimental VR controller I know of at this point is the prototype developed by Lucas VRTech[1]. Starting with his discord might lead in interesting directions.

[0] https://www.vive.com/us/accessory/tracker3/

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzn37Usa-U

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Re:I want to create a new VR controller by yuppie_scum on Saturday March 19, 2022 @07:39PM (#30738575)

I think people are doing this in the flight sim/DCS community

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