I put together simple positional tracking using a Kinect v2*. The new Kinect uses a time of flight method for the depth sensing. For this it emits a pretty strong IR light that produces a nice IR image. I stuck a small piece of reflective fabric to the front cover of the Rift and used the depth map to retrieve the location of the reflective marker.
The results are probably nowhere near those of the Crystal Cove prototype, but it's good enough to experiment with and couldn't be simpler. The new Kinect has a very wide field of view and a (preliminary) range of over 4 meter. Of course with the single marker setup, it loses tracking if you rotate your head more than 90° away from the Kinect.
Using the Kinect body tracking seems obvious, but I think this method has less latency, higher accuracy and the Kinect only needs to have line-of-sight to the marker.
I'd say the Kinect v2 will be the best way to put your body into the virtual world.
DK1 - previously owned
DK2 - 2014-08-26 RECEIVED (ordered 2014-04-24)
CV1 - 2016-05-25 RECEIVED (ordered on release day)
Touch - 2016-12-07 RECEIVED (pre-order with CV1)
Daloots, I had a few questions about your tracking in Kinect v2 using the IR and depth sensor. if you could shoot me and email at tylercork31@gmail.com I'd appreciate it. Also, I am an engineering student in college trying to implement this on a project.
I just sent you an email, but will also reply here for others that might find it useful.
Here is the very quick & dirty (C#) code for the tracker. I consists of two parts: a "server" that extracts the position of one or two markers and sends it to a listener script for Unity.
Hello daloots, I am desperately need your help. I tried clicking the link you provided above, but it seems to be out of date. if you could shoot me and email at james2006gi@gmail.com I'd appreciate it. Thanks a lot!!!!!!!
I am also wondering if there are still available to download those pieces of code. The links seems to be disconnected. I would really appreciate your help !! I am exactly trying to do the same marker tracking as you showed above. You can email me to zsd_a@hotmail.com. Thanks a lot in advance