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Can anyone give examples of commercially available VR systems which do not use any cameras? So I'm not counting the original Oculus Rift prototype.
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Post edited June 01, 2024 by dnovraD
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HeresMyAccount: Can anyone give examples of commercially available VR systems which do not use any cameras?
So I'm not counting the original Oculus Rift prototype.
What do you mean with: "which do not use any cameras"?

As far as I (as a layman) am aware, you NEED (?) cameras, be it:

- either passively (external, filming you (e.g.: PSVR)), to determine your (a.k.a.: the player's) position inside the "virtual space",

- or actively (built into the headset), to make use of possibly available AR functions.

Not to mention the inbuilt cameras, tracking your eye movement.
dnovraD, I meant something ore modern, with motion tracking for the hand controllers, and the head.

BreOI72, that's not true, because you can have gyroscopes and such, which can measure movements, or you can use magnetic measurements, like how Razer Hydra works, to track position and direction, and also, I would NOT want it tracking my eye movements! Also, you don't need AR to use pure VR. The original prototype for Oculus Rift has no cameras at all, but I'm looking for something which is commercially available, so that it has more compatibility, availability, longevity, etc. And as for Razer Hydra, it's been discontinued, and I don't know of anything that can do the same kind of thing except controllers like Oculus Touch, which require cameras.
Post edited June 02, 2024 by HeresMyAccount
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HeresMyAccount: I'm looking for something which is commercially available, so that it has more compatibility, availability, longevity, etc.
Well, I'm pretty sure (again: as a layman) that all commercially available VR devices make use of cameras (in one way or another).
That's probably part of what makes them commercially successful (more or less).

If your sole example(s) of systems that don't require cameras, are either prototypes or discontinued product lines...it probably means, that something with that concept may not be commercially feasible?

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Question: WHY don't you want systems that use cameras?
Post edited June 02, 2024 by BreOl72
I don't allow cameras in my house, because I'm a very private person, and the last thing I want to do is wiretap myself, and frankly, I don't want any cameras on me anywhere at any time. I have no problem with cameras in general, as long as they aren't aimed such that they could see me. Let the actors and such be on camera, and leave the rest of us out of it. This is why I would think that the most successful ones would be the ones which don't have cameras, but evidently, the world has lost its marbles.
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HeresMyAccount: I don't allow cameras in my house, because I'm a very private person, and the last thing I want to do is wiretap myself, and frankly, I don't want any cameras on me anywhere at any time. I have no problem with cameras in general, as long as they aren't aimed such that they could see me. Let the actors and such be on camera, and leave the rest of us out of it. This is why I would think that the most successful ones would be the ones which don't have cameras, but evidently, the world has lost its marbles.
Yeah, someone has lost their marbles...that much is clear.