Vive Tracker
Vive Tracker
Vive Tracker
Vive Tracker
Developer Guidelines
Developer Guidelines
Developer Guidelines
Developer Guidelines
HTC Corporation
01/19/2017 Ver. 1.3
23
HTC Confidential and Proprietary
Software components
This section describes software components for the HTC Vive Tracker.
If you are an accessory maker, you can transfer data through Vive Tracker. You may refer to the
detailed data format transfer between an accessory and Vive Tracker in the
Data format
section.
If you are a content developer, you can refer to
Unity integration
and
Accessory integration
sections to create virtual reality content for an accessory attached with Vive Tracker.
When new firmware for Vive Tracker is released, you can upgrade the firmware using a PC tool
through USB cable. You can find the steps in the
Firmware upgrade
section.
System requirements
For both content developers and accessory makers:
For both content developers and accessory makers:
For both content developers and accessory makers:
For both content developers and accessory makers:
1.
To test Vive Tracker with your content or accessory, you need to have HTC Vive and the
relevant hardware and software environments to run it. You can find more information on
HTC Vive in
www.htcvive.com
2.
You need to have a PC with at least one available USB 2.0 port to plug in the dongle (for
use cases with the dongle mentioned in previous section) or Vive Tracker (for firmware
upgrade purpose). This PC should also run SteamVR for HTC Vive.
Figure: Vive Tracker and PC
Vive Tracker
PC
USB
Firmware Upgrade
