With full body tracking, you can see your in-game avatar moving with your real body.
Being able to see your legs, walking, kicking, or dancing in-game not only makes the game
more fun, but it's also much more immersive.
Normally, you need quite an expensive setup to make this happen.
Three trackers and a dongle can already be 360 dollars, and you might even want more
to get it working on your entire body.
So this is interesting.
This software called Driver4VR can get you the same effect with just your webcam and
it also works on standalone VR like Quest 2.
This is a much cheaper solution, so watch this video to see how it works, and then you
can decide whether you want to follow my tutorial after.
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This is it, I have a webcam connected here, and if I turn it on, it'll automatically detect
my body.
It does that pretty well, like, there's so much in my room, and it still knows where
my arms and legs are.
Now you can connect this software to your Quest 2 with VRChat using something called
OSC, more on how to do this in a bit.
Sadly, you still need a PC for now, but it doesn't require high specs.
Any low-spec PC or laptop should work.
And as you can see, it works.
You can do stuff that tracks pretty well, but since it's a webcam without a depth sensor,
it has its limitations.
Like you can kick, but if you're standing in front of the webcam, it doesn't see your
knees bending, so it doesn't work.
If you turn to the side, though, you can see your leg getting stretched.
There's more that doesn't look very good, as it just doesn't work as well as FBT with
physical trackers but having some tracking is already better than nothing.
This is great if you're on a budget.
The software is only 18 dollars, and you can use any webcam you have lying around.
So if this got you interested, you can follow this video to learn how to get this working.
It's actually pretty easy.
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Let's continue with the tutorial.
First, what you need.
1) A PC, you can try with anything you have around as it doesn't need high specs.
2) A webcam, hopefully, you have one lying around, or else you can also use your iPhone
or Android phone as a webcam using an app like DroidCam.
3) The Driver4VR software 4) Your Quest 2 with VRChat installed
Step 1
Plug in your webcam if you haven't yet.
Make sure it works, and then close any software that might be using it.
Step 2
You can find the Driver4VR app via Steam.
If you don't have Steam yet, I'll link it below.
After installing, launch Steam, and find Driver4VR in the store.
You can buy and install it from there.
Step 3
Put on your Quest 2 and ensure it's on the same network as your PC.
Like connected on the same Wi-Fi or router.
You can change your Wi-Fi by going to Quick Settings > Wi-Fi.
After you did that, click on your connected Wi-Fi to find its settings.
Scroll down and click on Advanced.
Then write down the local IP address here.
No worries, this is just a local IP address, so no one can hack me with this ;)
Step 4
Now back to Steam on your PC.
Click on Driver4VR from your list and launch it from there.
It'll ask how you want to launch it, as this software also works for PC VR games.
We're focusing on standalone right now, so we need the 2nd option, "Launch for Quest
/ OSC / VRChat Beta."
The first time you launch Driver4VR, you might get a pop-up that says could not register
driver, but that's for PC VR so you can ignore that message.
Step 5
Now you have to make sure these are your settings.
At Body Tracking Source, click on Webcam - Deep Learning.
Quest IP should be the IP address that you wrote down earlier.
Mine is 192.168.178.229.
Then click on the drop-down next to the camera and select the webcam you plugged in.
Now click Start at the top left.
It might take a while, just wait a little bit until the button says "Stop."
Sometimes it will freeze if you try to click the window before it's done, so... don't :P
Now you can click on "Show Preview" to see a preview of your webcam.
It should automatically detect your body.
I'm using my webcam in portrait mode, or else it's hard to see my whole body.
If you're doing that as well, you can rotate the preview here.
Make sure your body is detected like mine here.
Then go to the next step.
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Step 6
Now on your Quest 2, launch VRChat.
Stand in front of the mirror in your home.
Select an avatar that supports full body tracking.
I think most of the standard ones support it, so you can pick one of the standard ones
too.
Open the quick menu by hold-pressing the Y or B button.
You can use the joystick on the same controller to navigate this menu.
Go to Options, then OSC, and make sure it's enabled.
A cross means it isn't.
If it looks like THIS, it's enabled.
Once you have it enabled, you can check if it's connected by going back to Options > OSC,
then OSC Debug.
You'll see a bunch of squares, and as long as the numbers are moving while you're moving
your body, it means data is being sent, so the connection should be good.
Step 7
Now close this menu and open the main menu by pressing the Y or B button once.
Go to Settings here by clicking the cogwheel icon at the bottom right.
Scrolling down a bit here, you can find the Tracking and IK settings.
Click the arrow if you don't see the settings, as it could be minimized.
Here, make sure "Toggle FBT" is on.
And "Trackers" is set to "System."
You should now see these white squares, the trackers, show up.
It's OK if it's not aligned with your feet entirely.
If the squares aren't on the same level as the floor while you're standing, you can go
to your PC, and in Driver4VR, you can set the "Skeleton Scale (Height)" and ensure it's
on the same level as the floor.
Now, stand in front of your webcam like this.
Make sure your feet are spread apart at shoulder length and next to each other.
Go back to your Tracking Settings in VRChat, look at your webcam while still in-game and
click "Auto Center."
Now pull up one of your feet, and if the right block moves with it, you're good to go.
But if your feet are reversed, click Auto Center again until it's fixed.
Step 8
And this is the last step.
You need to calibrate your avatar.
In the settings again, under Tracking and IK settings, you can also find
"Calibrate FBT," click it, and your avatar will turn into a T-position.
Copy that in real life and press the trigger buttons on both controllers to calibrate.
It should now work!
If, for some reason, your avatar is under the ground or too bent over, you have to set
your height in the settings too.
That's it, now the next time you start everything.
The settings should be saved, so all you need to do is Auto Center and Calibrate FBT in
VRChat to make it work again.
Let me know if you will use this in the comments below!
And if you like this video and let me know what you're going to use it for, then you
have a chance to win a Steam Key for Driver4VR.
I'll give it away during Christmas!
By the way, I focused on webcams, but the software also works with other Bluetooth devices
and even an old Kinect.
If you still have one lying around, I made a tutorial for it years ago so i might be
a little outdated, but maybe it'll still work :)
In any case, thanks for watching, and Merry Christmas.
After today I'll spend some time with Chary and family, so I'll see you after that.
A special thanks go to all our current Champions.
VR on.