VRPack Supported Devices

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This article provides an extensive list of hardware devices that Virtools VR Pack (VR Library / VR Publisher) supports. It is an exact copy of what is listed inside the VR_Library.pdf documentation, which is the official reference for each release

Last update: VR Pack 2.5 / Virtools 4.1

Contents

Through VRPN , version 7.15

Note : As a rule of thumb, VRPN does not support USB devices, unless specified.

Trackers

Ascension Flock of Bird (Serial with or without extended range transmitter). Note : the ethernet version is not supported.

Polhemus Fastrak Tracker (Serial, sensors and/or stylus receivers),

Polhemus 3Space Tracker (Serial),

Polhemus Patriot Trackers (Serial),

Intersense IS600 (Serial or single USB, sensors and/or stylus receivers),

Intersense IS900 (Serial or single USB, sensors, stylus and/or wand receivers),

Other Intersense Trackers (Serial or single USB),

Origin Instruments Dynasight Tracker (Serial),

3dTech HiBall-3000 Wide Area Tracker,

Advanced Realtime Tracking Gmbh DTrack Client (Network, bodies and/or flystick),

World Viz Precision Position Tracker PPT 1.2,

Logitech 3D mouse,

Crossbow RGA300 accelerometer using a serial interface,

Immersion Microscribe,

ART Flystick2,

Natural Point Optitrack Rigid Body Toolkit,

Phasespace optical tracking OWL,

GLI Interactive Motion Node


Gloves

FakeSpace Pinch Glove (Serial),

5dt Data Glove 5 (Serial), version 16 and Ultra are not supported. Note : Status on the version 16 is unknown.

Miscellaneous

Logitech Magellan and Spaceball (Serial, native drivers must not be running),

The Fraunhofer IMK ADBox and Fakespace Cubic Mouse,

Global Haptics GeOrb (buttons and analogs).

Radamec Position Interface (Serial),

B&G systems CerealBox button/dial/slider/joystick controllers,

NRL ImmersionBox serial driver (support for buttons only),

Wanda analog/button device,

Zaber Linear Positioning Products (Serial),

Win32 joystick (no force feedback),

Serial Mindtel Tng3, Totally Neat Gadget (Serial),

National Instruments A/D Cards,

UNC Python hand-held controller,

Virtual Presence 3D Flight Stick

HMDs

Regarding the displays, every HMD will work in Virtools. You just have to configure the displays right.

If the HMD has an integrated tracker, custom development may be needed to get the tracker information.

Supported HMD integrated trackers are listed here :

- eMagin Z800 integrated tracker

Add-on Drivers

CyberGlove : Tested on 18 sensors Wireless, 18 & 22 sensors with wire.

Vicon

WinBird (Ascension)

eMagin Z800 integrated tracker

Motion Analysis

XSens MTx/MTi

3DConnexion Spacemouse (e.g Space Navigator, previous logicad 6Dof devices)

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