HTC Vive Tracker (3.0) & Vive Base Station

I have had these trackers for a few months and can say they work wonder, they are a little bit pricey but are worth the money if you like vr

These trackers do their job really well. Ive been wanting full body tracking for a while to use in VRChat, and have not had any problems with these trackers. Sure they are a little expensive, but the market for trackers like this isnt too big. But after having used these for a while now, I highly recommend them if you want to be sure youre getting a quality, and perfectly functional, tracker. Also, if you want an alternative to buying $50-$150 worth of premium straps to hold them, you could buy a pair of crocs and a belt (or shoes), and mount them with a few bolts you can pick up from the hardware store. Just buy some short ones that are the standard size for camera mounting. I attached a pic of what I use. Have fun!

Great tracking and the battery life is fanatic. I get around 8 hours for them and I mainly play VRChat when i use them. I also use them with my Quest 2. So if you were curious if they worked with the Oculus Quest 2, they do and you can even use them while using virtual stream on your quest which is even nicer. You can move around without any cord. Just dont forget, if you do use the quest 2, you will have to use a special vr program to run config them.

I like that they last longer and I dance a lot in vrc so it really enhances my performance.

I bought a vive 3.0 directly from HTC, a physical store, and lastly Amazon and everything was identical. I got all the components brand new and had no issue connecting them to my pc. If you have been in vr for a while full body trackers make the whole experience extremely immersive and entertaining. The Vive trackers are always perfectly tracked whether its 2.0 or 3.0 trackers. The battery life is so much better on the new ones, so if you can spare the slight increase in price you can get almost double the hours. Just make sure you have plentiful USB ports to spare, base stations, at least 3 trackers, and dont forget straps are not included. (I recommend Tundra Labs for foot straps, and I have a positive opinion on Kiwi VR straps for a solid set of 3 body straps)

They work pretty well with the rift s and the space calibrator. If u,re ordering from Russia its way cheaper than to buy it in the htc store.

Wish it was a little smaller, wish it last longer, wish it cost a lot less. Other than that, it does the job and does it well.

These, albeit pretty expensive and maybe a bit overpriced, were more than worth the money I spent to be able to use them for the experience that they add. While theres not many games that support them, I primarily got 3 of these to be able to use in VRChat for full-body tracking with hip and foot tracking, along with some straps to do so. And wow, I got them with low expectations due to trying a mixed setup of Oculus Rift gear with them, but its amazing how accurate they actually are. Since I do use an Oculus Rift CV1 as my HMD along with their controllers since I prefer them over the HTC Vive, I did have to buy the HTC Vive Lighthouses separately to be able to use these since Oculus doesnt have their own trackers which added onto the cost a good bit, but I dont regret doing so. The setup for them was very easy through SteamVR, although there is a few extra steps if you use an Oculus HMD and Controllers to get them calibrated in the same space as the Oculus gear, but there are many guides to help with it that will get them working together in no time perfectly! But, if youd prefer less hassle and ease of use, just use them with an HTC Vive. Also, if you do happen to use an Oculus Rift like me, don’t make the same mistake I did and make sure you have at least 6 free USB ports if you plan on using 3 trackers given you need a port for each tracker, the sensors, and the HMD. I can’t say for sure how many for Vive users but keep in mind that each tracker takes up a USB port as the included dongle with each one needs to be plugged in to one. *Edit for Oculus users: If you do happen to use these trackers with an Oculus Rift, do keep in mind that there is some interference that can vary whenever the Oculus Touch controllers are held close to the trackers. I hardly get any interference and near perfect tracking, but I know others who get bad interference for some reason even with the 2018 trackers which cause less interference, but it could also depend on lighthouse sensor positioning. Also, if you do happen to touch one of the trackers with an Oculus Touch controller while using them, there is a chance your tracker could ping off in a random direction in virtual space for a few seconds and then shortly after go back to normal, but for me it rarely ever happens. Just a heads up! *Edit 11/23/2019 for Valve Index users: I upgraded to the Valve Index about two months ago so I thought I might as well go ahead and share my experience using them with that HMD. With the Valve Index, just like with the HTC Vive, it required no setup other than plugging in the dongles and connecting them as a new controller in SteamVR to get them working, it was basically plug and play. These do definitely work a lot better when using them with an HMD that also uses the base stations/lighthouses for tracking since theres no hassle or worry to it. But, I still really enjoyed my mostly flawless experience using them with my Oculus Rift CV1 even if it did take quite a bit of setup to get them working and I would still heavily recommend them for use with it. With a bit of research, I also learned that the trackers can be used similarly with any other VR headset just like the Oculus Rift CV1, so even if you dont own that HMD and own something like a Windows Mixed Reality or Rift S/Quest, you can use the same method for those!

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Check your boxes immediately. I ordered three of these, and none of them came with the dongle thats supposed to fit into the cradle. I didnt realize I was missing hardware, I just thought that the cradle was the receiver and couldnt figure out why I could only get my headset to recognize the tracker as a controller. By the time I realized what was wrong I was way passed any reasonable time to return.