\u201cIt\u2019s completely occlusion-free, incredibly compact, drift-free, and the trackers last up to 24 hours on a single charge, offering high-end performance in the smallest, lightest form factor possible,\u201d the Logrono, Spain-based team says.<\/p>\n
And because the beacon is worn on your body, and automatically\u00a0synchronizes\u00a0the tracking space with VR headsets without any additional software, it essentially means the tracking volume moves with you as you move (or more likely, dance) in VR.<\/p>\n Weighing in at 85 grams, the trackers are also impressively compact: a Dorito for scale.<\/p>\n At the time of this writing, the cheapest support tier is the \u2018Lite Kit\u2019 for \u20ac339 (~$394 USD), which comes with three tracking points (straps sold separately). At the higher end is the \u2018Pro Kit\u2019 for \u20ac689 (~$800 USD), which includes eight tracking points. Notably, those prices do not include taxes or import tariffs.<\/p>\n VR headset mounts provided through the Kickstarter are said to include Quest 2\/3\/3S\/Pro, Pico 4\/4 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy XR, HTC Vive Pro\/Pro 2\/Focus\/XR Elite, Bigscreen Beyond 1\/2, Valve Index, and Steam Frame. Backers will have the chance to select the exact headset model on a survey after the Kickstarter ends, and again a few months before delivery.<\/p>\n You can find out more over on the FluxPose Kickstarter<\/a>, which we\u2019ll be following for the campaign\u2019s remaining 58 days, ending on January 28th, 2026. The earliest delivery is expected in August 2026 for early bird supporters, and October 2026 for late comers to the Kickstarter.<\/p>\n My Take<\/p>\n Magnetically-tracked peripherals aren\u2019t anything new in VR; I\u2019ve seen a number of solutions come and go, with the emphasis mostly on go<\/strong>:\u00a0Razer Hydra<\/a>, Sixense Stem<\/a>,\u00a0Atraxa<\/a>, Magic Leap 1 controllers<\/a>\u2014these implementations seem to be good enough\u00a0in optimal conditions, but not rock solid\u00a0across the board.<\/p>\n In short, magnetic trackers position themselves in 3D space by measuring the intensity of the magnetic field in various directions, which (as mentioned above) is generated by a beacon.\u00a0When the trackers\u2019 measurement point is rotated, the distribution of the magnetic field changes across its various axes, allowing for it to be positionally tracked.<\/p>\n And while those magnetically-tracked peripherals listed above don\u2019t suffer from optical occlusion, they can be affected by external magnetic fields,\u00a0ferromagnetic materials in the tracking volume, and conductive materials near the emitter or sensor. These things typically reduce tracking quality, making them less reliably accurate than optical (Quest 3) or laser-positioned systems (SteamVR base stations).<\/p>\n Granted, I haven\u2019t tried FluxPose yet, although I don\u2019t think those drawbacks are nearly as important in fully-body tracking than they might be in actual motion controllers, which require much higher accuracy. A few millimeter\u2019s discrepancy in your foot\u2019s position really doesn\u2019t matter as much as it might if you were reaching out and trying to grab something with a magnetically-tracked controller.<\/p>\n Provided Road to VR\u00a0doesn\u2019t get to go hands-on in the coming months,\u00a0I\u2019ll be keeping my eyes peeled for videos and articles as we move closer to the campaign\u2019s close next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FluxPose is a 6DOF tracking solution for full-body tracking that seems to be picking up speed on Kickstarter,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":417179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[158,67,132,68,729,730],"class_list":{"0":"post-417178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-virtual-reality","13":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115644326563317686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fluxpose-trackers.jpeg\"){kind=tracking}
<\/a>Image courtesy FluxPose<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fluxpose-dorito-1.jpeg\")
<\/a>Image courtesy FluxPose<\/p>\n