Hand tracking

The hand tracking feature allows you to use your hands to interact in VR. Hand tracking is enabled by default.

Note:

Hand tracking can work in both VR and MR spaces. You can only use hand gestures in apps that support hand tracking.
Developers can use the VIVE Wave SDK to add hand tracking support to VR and MR apps.

You can use hand gestures to do the following:

Select items in menus or on screens.
- Pinch
  With your palm facing outward, move your hand to position the cursor, and then pinch your index finger and thumb together to select.
- Pinch and drag
  With your palm facing outward, pinch and drag to scroll pages or move sliders.
Open or close the VIVE Menu. For details, see The VIVE Menu.

The headset can seamlessly switch between hand tracking and the controllers.

To use the controllers, pick them up and position them in front of the headset.
To switch back to hand tracking, place the controllers on a level surface and position your hands in front of the headset.

Tip: To disable hand tracking, do any of the following:

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