HTC Vive Tracker (3.0) & Vive Base Station

Id love to give 5 stars but knocking one-off for the price being steep along with I had to tinker a bit to get the third one to pair correctly. If you are having trouble paring I did so by turning off and repairing one that was good to the tracker that wouldnt pair, that did the trick and just like that I was off to dance and party in vr.

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.

I got 3 of these to play with body tracking in multiple games mainly VRChat. They work great and i have never had any issues out of them. At first the tracking on them was horrid but after making the dongles be in direct view of the trackers and plugged them into USB-C. They have been working great.

Pros they work pretty well easy to set up and they help With immersion in some vr games bad news full body tracking isn’t supported for all games and it’s only a few that it is and they are expensive the battery life is meh but it works if you have an HTC or index where the controllers have the same battery life and then there are the rebuff packs which are 10 hour battery packs and the size and weight are really quite handlable as long as your over the age of 12 the only issue is price $100 per one is high and it requires base stations of some kind so sorry everyone using a normal cosmos or rift S / quest with link cable they are a cool flex to have but that’s about it hopefully they become relics as full body haptics suits become commercially acceptable

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!

The battery life is way better than 2.0s and I think it tracks better too. Compared to the Tundra trackers, its main competitor, the tracking is better but is also a little heavier and larger. The larger size does help prevent occlusion. I use this on the hip and Tundras on feet.

short version: amazing trackers theyre highly suggested if you want full body tracking now that last long, light weight, pretty small and you cant wait for anything thats coming to the market. more detailed version: i really wanted to get full body tracking already and at the time of writing this tundra trackers and slimevr havent came out yes (which i suggest taking a look at them if they were already released when youre reading this) so i only had the choice between 2.0 to 3.0 vive trackers and i got the 3.0. the 3.0 vive trackers are amazing, theyre pretty light weight and i personally cant feel any weight drags from them on my legs and hip and the battery life is the same as index controllers so i dont have to stop playing vr earlier because they died first, and their size is pretty small but you can still something bump them when you cross your legs but it was expected and cant be fix by sliding them around your leg.

If you think this is just a work out of the box product.. then youre far from right.. it took me 4 hours to set them up with a tutorial and help from friends. It had soo many issues connecting to my PC it was ridiculous, not to mention the first couple of days it was atleast an hour of setup. HOWEVER Im extremely happy with my order and I love my 3.0 trackers I would recommend this product, just please take some time to research how to set them up and be very patient because you ARE going to have issues.

Adds to the immersion of your VR experience for supported games

Wow! These are amazing, they have excellent battery life, excellent size and weight, and with the 1.0 base stations, impressively EXTREMELY accurate, absolutely blows the oculus 2 tracking out of the water.