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More than 2 Touch controllers in one session?

c0nn0r
Honored Guest
Hey everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to use more than 2 Touch controllers. From what I understand it's possible to use more than 2 Vive Wands in a single session. Sometimes people use this to make those cool mixed reality-videos with tracking real-world cameras.
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pjenness
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To play this right?


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ENiKS
Adventurer
its not ... you can pair more than one pair of touch controllers to a single headset, but only one pair (one left and one right) can be active at any given time. When Oculus made mixed reality videos, they used second Rift for tracking.
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c0nn0r
Honored Guest
I've read that some developers are using a second rift and PC setup to make the videos. Really increases the barrier for making these type of videos which is a shame, as it's the best way to convey VR experience on youtube etc. I really hope that Oculus makes it possible to add at least a 3rd touch controller, otherwise it's cheaper to buy a vive to make the videos, than a second rift and PC...

Any word from Oculus if getting more than 2 tracked controllers working with one Rift setup may be something that we'll get in the future? Fingers crossed.

Constellation
Expert Protege
It is possible to track a third controller using the "VR Object" setup described in the mixed reality capture documentation. You don't need to use a second PC. The touch has to be flashed with the VR Object firmware which among other things disables but the buttons but you can still track it's orientation and position as follows:
            // VR Object
ovrPoseStatef pose;
ovrTrackedDeviceType type = ovrTrackedDevice_Object0;
ovr_GetDevicePoses(Session, &type, 1, 0, &pose);