While wireless headsets and handheld controllers laden with sensors and software do a good job of tracking your upper body in VR, actual leg tracking is still rare . (Some apps, such as VRChat, do offer full-body avatars, but they tend to use software to approximate lower-body motions.) Now, a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are offering a possible solution to the leg tracking problem that has so far arguably limited how immersed people can really feel in virtual spaces. Researchers added cameras to Quest 2 controllers to enable full-body tracking in virtual reality, such as with this demo of Feet Saber (a reference to the game Beat Saber). The researchers also came up with demos that let users kick a soccer ball and defend a goal from incoming hockey pucks.

Source: CNN May 12, 2022 22:56 UTC