wraggster
March 4th, 2015, 20:51
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/1505ea22812f1f69cf954f99788193f/201639390/htc-vive-pr-630.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/03/valve-lighthouse-vr/)We already saw the new Vive virtual reality headset (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/01/htc-vive-vr-headset-with-valve/) that Valve and HTC are working on, but they're not stopping there. Hardware engineer Alan Yates says that its Lighthouse room-scale tracking system brings the "high-resolution, high-speed tracking" that you need for a quality VR experience. According to Yates, the system is cheap enough to integrate into TVs, monitors, headsets, input devices or mobile devices. There's not a lot of detail on what exactly it includes, but it sounds a lot like the extra LEDs Sony just revealed on its new Project Morpheus prototype (http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/03/playstation-4-vr/), and its PS Move (http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/11/playstation-move-y-con/) controller. Those let the system track it with a camera to see how the wearer is moving in greater detail. Valve will make Lighthouse available to hardware manufacturers "freely," and we'll probably be looking for VR-ready stickers on our next TV or monitor.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/03/valve-lighthouse-vr/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/03/valve-lighthouse-vr/