The Latest in Virtual Reality: Hand Tracking & Passthrough
Litesport is at the forefront of two major Meta Quest features: Hand Tracking and Passthrough. These virtual reality features make Litesport different from any other VR boxing game.
Curious to learn more about how they work? Join us as we dive into the details:
Hand Tracking
What is it?
Hand tracking is a feature built into your Meta Quest headset that allows you to use your hands in place of your Touch controllers. No need to grip bulky hardware! Hand tracking software captures your every movement for a controller-free experience making workouts that much easier.
How does it work?
The inside-out cameras on your Meta Quest headset detect the position, orientation, and movement of your hands and fingers. Once detected, you’ll see a digital version of your hands in the headset. With hand tracking, your hands become your controllers. You can poke, pinch, swipe, scroll, punch, and make all kinds of movements in the metaverse as the headset tracks your every move.
Meta first launched hand tracking in December 2019, and Litesport was one of only five VR games to support it when it first came out. Meta is now on hand tracking version 2.2, which allows for faster movements and more accurate hand positioning. Learn more about Meta’s hand tracking upgrade from 1.0 to 2.0 and what these improvements mean for your workout in Meta’s blog.
But if you prefer the haptic feedback of your Touch controllers, it’s super easy to switch back and forth. Once enabled in your settings, all you have to do to toggle between them is pick up or put down your Touch controllers. Box with the Touch controllers for an extra tactile feel or take them off and the hand tracking software automatically kicks in for a controller-free workout.
Experience Hand Tracking in Litesport
Not every Meta Quest game offers the hand tracking feature as an option. At Litesport, our goal is to provide you with the best virtual reality experience possible. So we’re at the forefront of Meta’s latest upgrades to hand tracking, including the latest 2.0 version. Our team worked directly with Meta to create the ultimate VR workout using the latest features from the hand tracking 2.0 upgrade and beyond.
With advanced hand tracking technology, your hands become your boxing gloves as the sensors track your accuracy, timing, and power with every punch. In other words, there’s no other game out there quite like Litesport. All you need is a Meta Quest VR headset.
Download Litesport today in the Meta Quest store to get started.
Passthrough
What is it?
Passthrough is a Meta Quest feature that allows you to step outside your view of virtual reality to see a real-time view of your surroundings—without ever taking off your headset. In other words, it blends your physical and virtual environments for an augmented reality experience.
How does it work?
With passthrough mode enabled in your settings, the Quest cameras on your headset can detect and display your real-world surroundings and incorporate them into your virtual reality. It’s like you’re looking directly through your headset into the real world.
The brand-new Meta Quest 3 headset takes this experience up a notch with full-color passthrough. The new headset features two RGB color cameras, innovative machine learning, and a depth projector for better spatial understanding. The result is a full-color and fully immersive passthrough experience that intelligently understands and responds to objects in your surroundings. This means that with Meta Quest 3 it’s easier than ever to interact with virtual content while navigating with ease in your very real physical world.
This opens up a ton of possibilities for mixed reality experiences. Like collaborating with virtual coworkers while typing on your real-world keyboard. Or fighting virtual reality zombies popping out from behind the desk in your actual bedroom.
Or, with Litesport, working out to the beat of top-charting music with a best-in-class Trainer who looks like they’re standing in the center of your living room.
Experience Passthrough on Litesport
Passthrough is an exciting Meta Quest feature, but not all virtual workouts offer it. Litesport was one of the first VR fitness games to incorporate passthrough mode, and now we also offer full-color passthrough for those with Meta Quest 3 headsets. With Litesport, you can choose different workout environments like a boxing ring or gym setting. Or you can use passthrough mode to work out in the metaverse surrounded by your real-world living room.
Combining the real with the virtual creates a fun, immersive experience that turns your workout into something much more exciting. Plus, we’re one of the first-ever VR platforms to have real trainers working out alongside you. With this blend of physical and virtual reality, it’s like your trainer is right there in the room with you. This elevates your workout by immersing you in the experience, pushing you to give it your all and fight to the finish.
Not only that, but it makes your workout much safer. That’s why we recommend turning on passthrough mode for Strength workouts, so you can safely lift weights with your virtual trainer in your real-world environment.
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