HTC Vive Cosmos: Update v1.0.7.1 soll Tracking-Probleme verbessern

HTC hat ein Update für das neue VR-Headset Vive Cosmos veröffentlicht (v1.0.7.1), welches vor allem Tracking-Probleme mindern soll, die auch in unserem Test den Betrieb störten. Laut dem offiziellen Blog und einem Trailer werden vor allem die „Lichthungrigkeit“ des Inside-out-Trackings, die Controller-Stabilität (z.B. direkt vorm Headset), das Raum-Setup sowie einige Kompatibilitäts-Bugs angegangen.



„HMD:

• Improved low light tracking, with better prediction during fast movements.
• Fixed a bug where the too bright/low light notification would not show up – see example.
• Enabled VIVE Wireless Adapter compatibility.

Known issues: 

• You may experience performance issues on older & lower end CPUs. We are working hard to improve this in the next release.
• If you experience connectivity, audio or display issues, please disable USB power management.
• Please note Cosmos requires a new 21W power bank, the connection cable for Cosmos, Velcro clip, and a new pad to attach to the headstrap. Due to the new inside-out tracking on Cosmos and other features, the headset draws slightly more power than the current Vive Wireless Adapter battery can support, so this new battery is needed to power this headset wirelessly. In addition, Vive Cosmos processes all the camera tracking data solely in the headset and never sends the visual tracking data to the PC. While this means we are securing user privacy in their play space, this approach results in a higher headset power consumption.

Controllers:

• Improved low light tracking stability. The minimum brightness requirement for reliable tracking is now 60% lower.

• Improved high brightness tracking stability. The controllers will now track much better against a bright background, such as windows and studio lights.

• Improved prediction models for the case when a controller exits the headset’s 

  field of view (FO

  V)

  .

• Positional recovery is now faster and more accurate when returning into the headset’s FOV.

• Improved tracking

   close to HMD

  . Optimal range is now

   redu

  ced up to 10

   cm/4 in

  ches

   from the HMD

  .

   

• Improved slow movement occlusion tracking prediction, which will help with content where the controllers are frequently occluding one another.

• Improved the tracking algorithm to be better at ignoring other Cosmos controllers and patterns that may resemble the Cosmos controller, especially when the connected pair are out of the headset’s FOV.

*We will be continuously improving all aspects of the tracking algorithm in future updates.

ViveVR Runtime

• Fixed Error Code 210 runtime 

  bug

  .

• Non-HDCP errors on certain

   laptops caused by old

   Nvidia V-BIOS 

  identified

  , notably on some MSI laptops. 

  It will n

  ow 

  be 

  separately reported as Error Code 220 (previously aggregated with Error Code 210). 

  If you encounter this on an MSI laptop, please reach out to 

  MSI Technical Support

   for

   an updated new V-BIOS.

• Fixed a bug with the play area boundary transparency settings and fine-tuned its appearance 

  behavior

  .

• Optimized the 

  camera passthrough 

  vignetting

   to better align and render safety boundaries. 

• Added error logging and troubleshooting for SteamVR compositor crashes, installation path and cases involving Safe Mode.

• Improved mapping of error codes for edge case situations.

• VIVE

   Origin is no longer forced as the default home environment.

• Optimized tracking pose prediction to improve visual experience.

• Resolved an issue where the IPD display would sometimes show when the HMD was moving quickly.

• Updated low light notification strings for Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian & Swedish languages.

 

Next Update (Mid

–

November Beta)