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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

Road to VR

In a reverse engineering exercise, two students at Utah State University have hacked positional tracking onto a Gear VR headset using SteamVR Tracking technology. The data is sent to a computer via UDP packet over Wi-Fi, and the results are displayed using the game engine Unity, as shown in the brief demonstration video heading this article.

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The Jetset with Headsets: How XR Will Revolutionize Air Travel, with Neutral Digital’s Greg Caterer

XR for Business Podcast

There’s Unreal, and then there’s Unity. Unity, we find, is extremely effective for slightly more screen-based experiences. Is there a cost difference between using Unity versus Unreal? It’s a Utah-based company called The Void. Just just a quick overview. Greg: Yeah, sure. Alan: Wonderful. Absolutely.

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The Jetset with Headsets: How XR Will Revolutionize Air Travel, with Neutral Digital’s Greg Caterer

XR for Business Podcast

There’s Unreal, and then there’s Unity. Unity, we find, is extremely effective for slightly more screen-based experiences. Is there a cost difference between using Unity versus Unreal? It’s a Utah-based company called The Void. Just just a quick overview. Greg: Yeah, sure. Alan: Wonderful. Absolutely.