Triangular Pixels Strapped A Vive Tracker To A Cat So It Wouldn't Get Kicked

[kcarbotte]

VR hardware designers are doing what they can to ensure that VR is safe for the person in the headset, but what about the creatures you may have running around your house that don’t understand that you can’t see them?

Triangular Pixels Strapped A Vive Tracker To A Cat So It Wouldn't Get Kicked : Read more

 

[dark_lord69]

YES!!
I need one for Oculus to put on my dog and my daughter.
An audible alert when either one is nearby would be nice as well.

 

[dstarr3]

After fighting with the cat enough to get him to wear this kind of thing, I'd kind of rather kick him.

 

[Jeff Fx]

The day I installed my Vive, I wished for this, but it turned out that the problem I feared solved itself.

Cats aren't stupid. Mine quickly learned to stay out of the VR space if I have my headset on, and she only got gently nudged a couple of times as I played very carefully for fear of stepping on her.

If I strapped one of these to her, she'd just fight to get it off until she ditched it.

 

[DookieDraws]

I'm sure the cat really enjoys having that strapped to its back. Prolly wishes they'd put a bell on its tail too!

 

[kittle]

Cats aren't stupid. Mine quickly learned to stay out of the VR space if I have my headset on, and she only got gently nudged a couple of times as I played very carefully for fear of stepping on her.

If I strapped one of these to her, she'd just fight to get it off until she ditched it.

Your right - cats arent stupid. Mine has long since figured out not to bug me when I have my skype headset on

I dont have a vive (yet), but I can see my own cat fighting tooth and claw to rip the thing off him. He would probably be more of a danger with this thing strapped on vs learning to stay out of my play space.

And I suspect most dogs are in the same boat, they will learn where they can and cannot lay.

 

[cryoburner]

Because if there's one thing cats love, it's wearing vests.

Now, what I'd like to see would be a VR headset for your cat.

 

[kcarbotte]

I'm sure the cat really enjoys having that strapped to its back. Prolly wishes they'd put a bell on its tail too!

I'm sure it's a better trade-off than getting hoofed while you play Island 359 with foot tracking

 

[David Dewis]

Step 1. Attach tracker to cat.
Step 2. Put friend in VR cat game who doesn't know you own a cat
Step 3. Tell friend to pick up 'Virtual cat'.
Step 4. Watch friend's mind explode/Freak out/Get face clawed off.

 

[cryoburner]

I'm sure it's a better trade-off than getting hoofed while you play Island 359 with foot tracking ; )

Another option would be to simply put the cat in a different room, something that wouldn't require any sort of convoluted hardware setup that involves dressing a cat.

 

[anbello262]

Well, I know of many cats that wouln't have any problem wearing stuff like this, and since this will probably be a product, I guess it will be more and more miniaturized as years come by, so I applaud this. This will be a great invention when it is completely ironed out!

 

[grimfox]

YES!!
I need one for Oculus to put on my dog and my daughter.
An audible alert when either one is nearby would be nice as well.

Interesting that you noted your dog first. /jk

Interesting use case. Based on the cost I still feel like a more universal approach would be to use a 3D camera or kinect and track for changes in the environment and simply flag those in the VR space. The camera would establish a baseline for the play space and exclude exceptions nearest the headset, but create a virtual "landmine" for anything further out. Might be useful/valuable for body tracking too.