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Natural Locomotion Patch Notes & News

Fixed issue with new SteamVR version

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303d ago

A new driver input interface was added to SteamVR and Natural Locomotion stopped working without it. This update resolves that issue. Also the workaround for the previous update where we switched thumb rest touch to joystick touch doesn't seem to be necessary any more. You may have to change it back if you want to use thumb rest touch. It works with built-in SteamVR drivers and with Virtual Desktop. Neither Steam Link nor ALVR seem to work, I will investigate the issue.

Fixed issue with new SteamVR version

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303d ago

Fixed SteamVR overlay in AMD GPUs and the Steam Deck

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1401d ago

There was a long standing issue where the overlay was completely invisible in AMD GPUs and forced the user to instead use the desktop view to be able to use the application interface. The issue has been fixed. It also affected the Steam Deck on Windows since it uses an AMD APU (CPU+GPU). This little update marks the end of a long, unplanned hiatus in the project, and we are resuming development to add features, profiles, and to bring Natural Locomotion natively to SteamOS/Linux and possibly to other systems.

Fixed feet mode

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1581d ago

On the 1st of April we made an update on both main and demo versions of the app but a mistake broke it for the main one. In our tests it worked but we tested twice the demo one by mistake. This problem went unnoticed for 3 days. We're terribly sorry.

Modified UI to mention iPhone

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1665d ago

Modified UI and help menu to mention iPhone, and include a link to the App Store. There's no functional change in this patch other than that, the iPhone app should have been working as-is. If you have trouble with the app and you have an old version of iOS, try updating it.

Nalo Tracker app for iOS released

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1667d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/8c068c47ddb1cd90e7062bbfd5de68fd99c97f17.png Some time ago we launched Nalo Tracker for Android devices. And we're happy to announce that we've finally released Nalo Tracker for iOS today. Running this app on your smartphone will turn it into a foot or body movement tracker and send them to Natural Locomotion for PC where, our locomotion algorithm will convert the movements into joystick/trackpad inputs for walk, run and jump in almost any SteamVR game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/6a7c44362eb4de47ca7b2c48a31ae18eddd184bc.png Nalo Tracker app in your smartphone could be used with many different devices combinations:

Seated

1x Smartphone running as foot tracker in the foot.

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Standing

1x Smartphone running as feet tracker in one foot and a Nintendo Switch Joycon in the other.
1x Smartphone running as body tracker in the pocket and 2x Nintendo Switch Joycon in the feet.
1x Smartphone running as body tracker in the pocket and 2x Playstation 3 Move controllers in the feet.
2x Smartphones running as feet trackers in the feet.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/d4f8f64507a0a5ba055fcaeb27fc95a7e535d2a7.png Nalo tracker can be also used for make the locomotion direction relative to hip orientation while running it in your smartphone inside your pocket. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/f86be340eebf6cb5e00bd8211e802c5d40279061.png Nalo Tracker for iOS also includes some UI improvements over the Android version. We have added some tutorials and tips to the app, as well as a sensors monitor to view the sensors data info. These improvements are comming soon to the Android version. Thanks a lot for your support!

Many new game profiles and a bug fix

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1678d ago

We added 106 new profiles for 21 games and 6 headsets, updated 2 existing ones with support for Oculus and HP Reverb G2, and added screenshots of the game settings for many profiles (75 screenshots in total). We also fixed an issue where recently created Steam libraries could not be found. New profiles:

Ancient Dungeon (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
DMN7 (demo) (Vive, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Dark Forest: Lost Story VR (Vive, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Dragon Extinction VR (demo) (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Grapple Tournament (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Into the Darkness VR (demo) (Index)
Into the Radius VR (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Killing Floor: Incursion (Oculus, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Larcenauts (Vive, WMR, Index, Cosmos)
Lust for Darkness VR (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Lust for Darkness VR: M Edition (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Naau: The Lost Eye (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Organ Quarter (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Panther VR (Vive, Index)
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul (Vive, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Project Terminus VR (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Sniper Elite VR (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Sweet Surrender (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
The Exorcist: Legion VR (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
VHAIP (Vive, WMR, Oculus, Index, Cosmos, Reverb G2)
Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Tempestfall (Vive, WMR, Index)

Updated profiles:

Corrupted Hospital: Summoner Part 1 (added Oculus, Reverb G2)
PROZE (added Oculus, Reverb G2)

We wish you a happy new year 2022

Fixed undoing converter to tracker conversion

Myou catsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

1756d ago

There was a change in SteamVR drivers that broke this feature and it has been fixed.

Vive and Index cameras fixed. Thumb rest touch support Quest 2 + Virtual Desktop

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1873d ago

This week we have received the new HTC Vive Pro 2 to ensure full compatibilty with Natural Locomotion. Natural Locomotion is now reading the IDs of the connected USB devices to determine whether to use a workaround that is needed for the cameras but that could crash other headsets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/8d5cd50550d6965b79b04e2006d348790a0cf442.png We have also added support for thumb rest touch (the capacitive sensor in Oculus Quest 2 controllers) to use as activator to walk. This option only works with Virtual Desktop so far, not with Oculus Link or Air Link (if Oculus adds this functionality it will work automatically). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/0c7c67fb2db68881eefc7166e5b6cf42580a6043.png

Changes

Added camera support for Vive, Vive Pro, Vive Pro 2, Vive Cosmos Elite and Valve Index.
Added thumb rest touch support for Oculus Quest 2.
Added thumb rest touch auto detection (if you touch it, it shows a pop-up asking if you want to enable it).
Added option to enable/disable thumb rest touch activator in common settings.

Important

If you use a Vive or Index as wireless receiver for Lightouse controllers or trackers (and not as headset) while using other headset you should disable the camera to avoid crashes.

Demo version, new help manual, many fixes and minor additions

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1920d ago

We have released a demo version of the app which has all the functionality but with time limits. That means you can test all features (and whether it works with your setup at all) before deciding if you want to buy it. It includes a new help manual with a lot of answers for frequent questions, as well as videos and GIFs. We have also fixed a lot of stuff and added minor features. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/3830211aa13008f0e8ab30d9beb6f5221e56008e.gif List of changes:

Demo version
New help manual inside app
Possibility of enabling or disabling specific trackers as body tracker for hands mode (this fixes e.g. LIV)
Fixed "Restart SteamVR" buttons
Fixed opening URLs
Fixed missing fonts
Fixed Vive Cosmos Elite. Thanks to Oscar (Knoob2001) of Real o Virtual for helping us to analyze the issue with his Vive Cosmos.
Add "invert" option to "tilt head to strafe" feature
Add camera hack option for fixing Vive/Index cameras
Add "press grip of opposite controller" to sprint, needed for some Skyrim VR mods
Add code to copy & paste in support messages to allow us to diagnose issues much quicker
Fixed body direction joystick remapping (available with "combine with movement")
Added a message recommending T-pose or Y-pose for a quick calibration

3rd anniversary update: Hip direction for hands mode, Y-pose calibration, & more

Myou catsteam_community_announcements

1942d ago

We released Natural Locomotion on Sunday, 8th of April of 2018 with just Vive support, a very basic hands mode and a few profiles. Looking back the application has grown a lot thanks to the support of a wonderful community that allowed us to continue the development. For this update we have only a few changes but we hope you like them. We would like to announce we are working with Decagear team to add support to Decamove as an official Natural Locomotion tracker! We received one a few days ago.

New Features

Hip direction for hands mode: You can now move in the direction of your body in hands mode, with a smartphone in the pocket or with a Vive tracker on the waist. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/9ad41165ce73114fff3f6b67db854035d4f6547a.png
T-pose to calibrate direction quickly can now be disabled, or switched to Y-pose because the T-pose conflicted with a gesture in Population: One. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/778c07342594b9033319c5f419bc2a46e55cb228.png
Some profiles now have a screenshot of the settings. Click them to expand. We will continue adding screenshots for all the profiles. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/d181c0b71ea200d9b31726b88aca8ef17db48709.gif

Fixes and improvements

Fitness stats now makes it more obvious that it's a button that can be switched from "session" to "profile" and "global". {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/7f2eab05c68323cf655916766589c6dff88278a6.gif
Fixed some WMR headsets jumping all the time.
Fixed foot tracker icons, it was showing generic ones instead.
Miscellaneous UI changes.
Added and modified some profiles.

Other changes

Introduced some changes required for the iPhone version of NaLo tracker (it's finished and will be published soon).
Introduced some changes to pave the way for Decamove support
Reworked store page to better reflect all Natural Locomotion features

New profiles

New profilesHTC Vive WandsOculus Touch Cont.Win. Mixed RealityValve Index Cont.HTC Vive CosmosHP Reverb G2Pico Neo 2 Corrupted Hospital : Summoner VR Part1✔️✔️✔️ Hard Bullet✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️ PROZE: Prologue✔️✔️✔️✔️ Silent Mansion : Summoner VR Part2✔️✔️✔️ Tales Of Glory 2 - Retaliation✔️✔️✔️ Thief Simulator VR✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️ Changed profiles:

Borderlands 2 VR: Added jump function in WMR
Hellsplit: Arena: Added WMR profile.
Karnage Chronicles: Fixed instructions for Index controllers.
SwordsmanVR: Added WMR profile and instructions for the rest.
Until You Fall: Added WMR profile.
Zero caliber VR: Updated WMR profile.

This is what we have achieved in Natural Locomotion in the last 3 years!

Hands Mode

Slowly swing your hand controllers to walk or move them fast to run. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/cb4456b2d5eac8b9958c0031f1dcdf57ee75b4a6.png Other "arm swinger" implementations are very "jumpy", very slow to respond, or are a complement on button actions. Natural Locomotion uses a novel system designed to walk and run continuously, and with very precise and intuitive control of speed and acceleration. You can start, stop or change speed very quickly without "move" or "brake" buttons, it just depends on the speed you move your arms.

Buttonless activator based on gestures

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Hip direction for hands mode

As we have announced today, hands mode is now compatible with body trackers (Smartphones and trackers). Using a body tracker, the direction of the movement depends on where your hip is oriented which could make this locomotion method even more immersive and comfortable.

Feet Mode

Use motion sensor devices (see the list below) attached in your feet to register your feet movements and walk in the game. It supports two kind of movements: Walk-in-place and swinging feet while sitting on a chair or using a treadmill. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/929fe62a5b4a00c4e67a6861c1303bc6c80b7b9a.png

Supported (tested) headsets

HTC Vive / Pro / Cosmos / Cosmos Elite
Oculus Rift / Rift S / Quest (1 and 2, through Oculus Link or Virtual Desktop)
Windows Mixed Reality and HP Reverb G2
Valve Index
Pimax
HTC Vive Cosmos
Pico Neo 2 and Pico Neo 2 EYE

Supported VR controllers:

HTC Vive wands
Oculus touch
Windows Mixed Reality (with trackpad)
Valve Index
HP Reverb G2
HTC Vive Cosmos
Pico Neo 2 6DoF controllers

Supported devices (for feet mode)

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HTC Vive trackers (Dongles included)
Any SteamVR controller converted to tracker
Original Nintendo Switch JoyCon
PS3 Move controllers (No camera required)
Smartphone with Android >= 5.1, with accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer (compass). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myousoftware.nalo_device

SteamVR Tools

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Align VR spaces of different tracking systems

Combine lighthouse devices (Trackers, HTC Vive controllers or Index controllers) with Oculus, WMR or Vive Cosmos headsets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/c0254d2ad5886a98d07fa47ae5300416674f39b3.gif

Convert some SteamVR controllers into trackers

This tool will temporarily emulate HTC Vive trackers using other lighthouse devices (And Oculus CV1 controllers) without flashing them. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/79428a3a5f182d88273a47921c2286e285bcedf5.png

Convert Steam Controller dongles to Vive/Index dongles

This utility allows you to convert Steam Controller dongles into Vive/Valve controller/tracker dongles (and restore them). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/9f3d6b2fbc4d8790d74c2fc7438a2118ce24101a.gif You need one dongle per device. A Vive or Index headset has two of them built in. For example if you have 4 controllers and an Index/Vive headset (only USB and power connected), you only have 2 receptors and you need 2 dongles to use all controllers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/962735a3a70b5ec801e3eebb7a436afa471bbf26.png

Profiles

The past 3 years we added profiles for 88 games, which could not be very impressive, but if you count the different profiles for each controller type this number jumps to 476 (not counting Revive profiles).

Support added for Pico Neo 2

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1964d ago

It uses profiles originally made for Oculus Rift, but with joystick till activation by default. It also works very well with the buttonless activator (in edit profile -> configure buttons). If you find any issue please tell us in the forum. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/b6c1fa977cd9140d5b9506c8f74f926878924290.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/d03a75979b08ada503cccc8ebf7072b885d01c2b.png Thanks to RealOVirtual for lending us a Pico Neo 2 EYE for testing. You are the best! and also the biggest virtual reality news portal in Spanish. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/e08e210dfa5b8c5d2b745719ac74a62c38443304.png

Fixed buttonless mode (again)

Myou catsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

1967d ago

Apparently the previous fix didn't work when the app is opened from Steam. We fixed that.

Fixed buttonless mode for some headsets

Myou catsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

1974d ago

Last update introduced a bug where the buttonless mode didn't work with some headsets (calculated hip height was completely wrong). This patch fixes it. We have also added a note about Joycon support warning that off-brand (third party) Joycons are not tested and may not work at all.

Restored SteamVR tools, fixed smartphones and other critical bugs

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1976d ago

With this update we have finished to port all the old features to the new version of Natural Locomotion, so the legacy version should not be required anymore. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/70523bff78b8f2aa3550d5643a81e969ded724f5.png

Align VR spaces of different tracking systems

Combine lighthouse devices (Trackers, HTC Vive controllers or Index controllers) with Oculus, WMR or Vive Cosmos headsets. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/c0254d2ad5886a98d07fa47ae5300416674f39b3.gif

Convert some SteamVR controllers into trackers

Convert Steam Controller dongles to Vive/Index dongles

New Features

Restore converted dongle to be used with Steam Controller {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/c63c3390974541e9fa57f7107dfcfbd3fe9891ea.png
Added "head_direction" workaround to enable a feature for use the direction of the head instead of feet/hands. This option could be added in the profile editor > Configure speed and trackpad emulation > Workarounds. Remember you can combine multiple workarounds by separating them with spaces. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/65e3125c7e02dc15c5f5f471b749ed3a99165220.gif

Fixed bugs

Smartphones disconnected after a few minutes
Fixed Horse Mode (very immersive in Skyrim) Enable it in the profile editor: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/1ec09a6a218146171a3b34e6704faad7a85a45b9.gif To use it press the activation button and shake both hands at the same time to start walking. the more you shake your arms, the faster the horse will run. If you stop shaking hands, the horse will slowly reduce its speed. If you want to instant stop, make a quick movement upwards with both hands while pressing the locomotion activator.
"Run game" button and "DLL Hack" didn't work with some profiles
Default profile created when clicking in "Add new" button are not properly configured for the HP Reverb G2 buttons scheme.

Modified profiles

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim VR (HP Reverb): Fixed run button.

Other Changes

Improved performance and stability of the SteamVR Overlay
Alert for Lighthouse HMD users to disable pass-through cameras to avoid SteamVR to crash. We have made progress in investigating this issue and we believe it will be finally fixed soon.
We have temporarily disabled the option "Enable walking backwards by leaning back" when devices from different tracking systems have been detected. This is only working for the following devices combinations:
- Lighthouse HMD + Lighthouse Trackers/controllers
- Any HMD + bluetooth/WiFi devices (smartphones, Joycons...)
This feature never worked properly, so we will make a new algorithm from scratch for the non supported combinations. We hope to bring this improved option soon.
Removed Force smooth rotation option (from dev settings) which was in conflict with some other features and was not supported by Oculus headsets.

We also have a lot of new profiles and a few more features (including the Pico Neo 2 support) prepared to be published in the next update as soon as we finish testing everything exhaustively.

Performance improvement, auto-minimize removed

Myou catsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

1983d ago

As the title says, we finally solved the performance problems we had with the new version, which was using 20-40% of GPU and one whole core of CPU. Now both sit at 0-1% most of the time. The auto-minimize workaround is no longer needed so we removed it. We're still working in bringing back all features of the legacy version ASAP (SteamVR tools) as well as fixing the disconnected phone issue.

Improved stability and Auto minimize window feature

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2049d ago

We found a lack of performance when the window of Natural Locomotion app is active (foreground) on the desktop. So we have added a feature to auto minimize the window since the most common scenario to use Natural Locomotion is from the SteamVR Overlay. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/6529d877063f0b7d35ed28aebadd46566567244d.png This feature can be disabled from common settings. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/556dff4dfb076e178bcbe6e6bf2b1a4ae5949dba.gif Anyway this not the perfect solution, so we will continue investigating and try to fully fix it in future updates. We also have fixed a few minor bugs which could be related with the crashes reported by some users. If you experienced a crash or any other issue, be free to ask or report it in the forum. If you experienced a crash before and this update has fixed it, please let us also know. Thank you very much.

Added support for HP Reverb G2, Joystick tilt, profile for Hellsplit: Arena

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2050d ago

We've added support for HP Reverb G2, and created a profile list for it based on Oculus profiles, but using joystick tilt as activator (because its joystick doesn't have a touch sensor). Joystick tilt has been fixed, and we've added "joystick tilt up" that only activates in that direction so that it can be remapped independently of the other three directions. HP Reverb G2 profiles by default have this configuration:

Dominant hand joystick: Tilting up enables walking. Tilting and releasing up very quickly passes that action to the game.
Movement hand joystick: Tilting on any direction enables walking. Tilting up does it normally (both hand directions are used). Tilting on any other direction it overrides the direction of both hands.

Added profile: Hellsplit: Arena. Fixed reading SteamVR tracker configuration when there are several configuration folders. Known problems that we're trying to fix at this moment:

Phones disconnect after a while
High CPU consumption on low end machines

If you have these issues you can switch to the legacy version (in app properties, betas tab).

Fixed the other "Waiting for driver..." problem, and a couple of other issues.

Myou catsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

2053d ago

As the title says, if you still have this problem it's likely this update has fixed it. Thanks to everybody that notified us of the problem, and particularly to Steam user (ナルト)narutoo999 for helping us figuring it out. Apparently it's crashing for a couple of users. That's a different problem altogether and we're investigating it. If NaLo crashes in your machine, try closing SteamVR and then reinstalling NaLo. We've also fixed an issue with Cosmos and made a change that might make HP Reverb G2 compatible, although without adapted profiles. If it works you'll have to change the profiles to change them from joystick touch to something else. We'll finally receive ours in a few days so we'll be able to ensure compatibility.

Fixed "Waiting for driver...", added driver integrity check

Myou catsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

2058d ago

Many users have reported problems with installing the new driver, so we revised the process and fixed several bugs along the way. Please restart Steam to ensure you have the update. This update also fixes buttonless activation for some new SteamVR users, and fixes with Joycon/PSMove. If you still have issues please comment below what headset you have and then revert to the old version: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/3e882462ebc51940eb03e7c337977c299ad230d5.gif

Feet mode fixed in latest update

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2058d ago

The big update we published earlier today had a bug where feet mode didn't work. It has now been fixed. Restart Steam to ensure you have the update.

VR Overlay, Buttonless armswing locomotion, Medal of Honor and much more!

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2058d ago

We are excited to bring you our biggest update since launch! We have rewritten the driver from scratch (over the last year), as well as 99% of the app code. This is finally allowing us to develop many new features and improvements, and today we are publishing just some of them.

New Features and improvements

VR Overlay: Natural Locomotion can be used from the SteamVR overlay as well as from its window in the desktop. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/2c30377c2ad783f0f8c6e3cceef4c3f6382feb93.gif
Buttonless armswing activator (just lowering your hands down to the hip) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/fedba494ccaaedf210c5fd86db68274b85d6f19c.gif This activator can be enabled from the "Configure buttons" section in the profile editor. It works like magic allowing to manipulate objects, fight with a sword, shoot with one hand while walking with the other... without pressing any button to enable the locomotion! Just lowering your hand down the hip to start moving. After the first swing gesture under the hip height you can continue moving your arms for walking as usual even raising the hands over the hip level. For stop walking you only have to stop swinging your arms.
Dark/Light themes {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/83b1d5b7ea3af05769b110d7ddb16e96b2f7637a.gif
Pimax support with all features tested with a Pimax Vision 5k Super
Import/export profiles: The Import button is in the profiles list screen and the export button is in the profile editor
Improved performance
Natural Locomotion automatically enables The SteamVR option for allowing multiple tracking system devices (activateMultipleDrivers)
Improved system to install the driver
Improved remapping of the trackpad touch activator (Remap to trackpad click and passthrough pressing quickly)

Fixes

Fixed some bugs related to Natural Locomotion tracker app support and the system to add the required rules to Windows Defended Firewall
Fixed a bug which didn't allow to force running Oculus games forcing OpenVR after the first try
Fixed lots of minor bugs and added some others (probably)

Temporarily disabled features

Some tools have been disabled temporarily but you can use the old version (legacy) until we add them back. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32383436/c19f562086e6ebf48843ead68c3656f21944292d.png

New profiles

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (Vive, Index, Oculus, Cosmos)
HINGE (Vive, Index, Oculus, Cosmos)
Swordman VR (Vive, Index, Oculus, Cosmos)
Failspace (Vive, Index, Oculus, Cosmos)
Until You Fall (Cosmos)
Swordsman VR (Vive, Index, Oculus, Cosmos)

Note: We are waiting to receive a HP Reverb G2 (Pre-ordered in July) to create the versions of the new profiles for WMR. Sorry for not including them in this update.

Fixed profiles

Zero Caliber (Oculus, Index)
POPULATION ONE (Vive)

How to switch to legacy branch (old version)

Right click in Natural Locomotion from the Steam Library
Click in Properties
Go to BETAS section
Select legacy branch from the list

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What's coming next

Re-enable SteamVR tools
Detect game to auto start profiles
Universal support for any SteamVR headset without explicit support on our side
OpenComposite support
iOS version of NaLo tracker
Gamepad emulation
Demo version with all features to use in games
Steam cloud support
Steam workshop support

Halloween Profiles

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2102d ago

List of added profiles:

A Township Tale (Vive, Oculus, Index, WMR, Cosmos)
Axegend VR (Vive, Oculus, Index, WMR, Cosmos)
Minecraft (with Vivecraft) 1.16.X (Vive, Oculus, Index, WMR, Cosmos)
POPULATION: ONE (Vive, Oculus, Index, WMR, Cosmos)
Phasmophobia (Vive, Oculus, Index, WMR, Cosmos)
The Morrigan (Vive, Oculus, Index, WMR, Cosmos)
The Wizards - Dark Times (Index, WMR)
Vertigo Remastered (Vive, Oculus, Index, Cosmos)

List of modified profiles:

The Wizards (Added for Index)
Contractors (updated to use head direction)

Natural Locomotion is compatible with Oculus Quest 2

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2119d ago

Oculus Quest 2 controllers have a thumb rest sensor just like the Oculus Rift CV1. Those are very useful for Natural Locomotion since it allows us to use as walking activator without doing any remap to games. However the current Oculus Link software works exactly the same as with Oculus Quest 1 and it doesn't send this information to the PC, at least not yet. For now Natural Locomotion works exactly like the Quest 1: It defaults to joystick touch but it has the "virtual thumb rest" option (which is not used by default because it was a bit too unreliable). If a future update to Oculus Link sends this sensor we'll detect it as classic Oculus Touch controllers to be able to use this feature.

No Man's Sky profile for HTC Vive Wands and small fixes.

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2135d ago

We've added a HTC Vive "wand" controllers profile for NMS but it requires you to configure SteamVR controller bindings explicitly, otherwise it won't work. From SteamVR settings, go to controllers, manage controller bindings, set custom, choose another, and search our binding in the community: "Natural Locomotion (Vive Wands)". Then configure the game to use head relative direction and you're good to go. This update also fixed the buttons and sprinting issues mentioned in the previous announcement which also included a profile for Windows Mixed Reality. Close and reopen Steam again to make sure you have the latest update. If you experience problems with buttons or lack of sprinting, the driver may not be properly updated. IN that case follow these steps to ensure it's up to date:

Close SteamVR.
Reinstall Natural Locomotion. (alternatively you can use "verify integrity of game files")
Open Natural Locomotion without opening SteamVR first.
You only need to follow these steps once. After that you can open it in whichever order you prefer.

Updated No Man's Sky, Fixed non working buttons, Sprinting

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2137d ago

No Man's Sky now has a head direction setting, which is used by the updated profile to provide a much more stable direction. It now has sprinting as well as a profile for Windows Mixed Reality. You need to reset the profile and then configure the game to use "head relative" direction. If you don't do this it will walk side to side. The update for fixing compatibility with the new SteamVR broke button pressing, which broke sprinting and other features in many games, as well as the home button in feet mode. This has been fixed. If you experience problems with buttons or lack of sprinting, the driver may not be properly updated. In that case follow these steps to ensure it's up to date:

Close SteamVR.
Reinstall Natural Locomotion. (alternatively you can use "verify integrity of game files")
Open Natural Locomotion without opening SteamVR first.
You only need to follow these steps once. After that you can open it in whichever order you prefer.

Driver updated to avoid SteamVR to crash when the pass-through camera is enabled

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2141d ago

Updated Natural Locomotion driver with a workaround to avoid SteamVR to crash when the pass-through camera is enabled in lighthouse headsets (HTC Vive, HTC Vive pro and Valve Index). Although SteamVR does not stop working with this driver version, the camera may never activate while the Natural Locomotion driver is enabled in HTC Vive. The camera still working in Valve Index, but it takes a few seconds to be displayed. We will try to fully fix this camera related issues in the next big update of Natural Locomotion. Sorry for the inconveniences. If you experience crashes, the driver may not be properly updated. Follow these steps to ensure it's up to date:

Close SteamVR.
Reinstall Natural Locomotion. (alternatively you can use "verify integrity of game files")
Open Natural Locomotion without opening SteamVR first.
You only need to follow these steps once. After that you can open it in whichever order you prefer.

Driver updated to fix SteamVR crash, new NaLo nearing a beta release

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2143d ago

We have released a new driver for the new SteamVR version released yesterday. It's a temporary patch since we made a workaround that might have performance problems in very old CPUs. If any of you experience low performance, the new version (in development) should fix them. If you experience crashes, the driver may not be properly updated. Follow these steps to ensure it's up to date:

Close SteamVR.
Reinstall Natural Locomotion. (alternatively you can use "verify integrity of game files")
Open Natural Locomotion without opening SteamVR first.
You only need to follow these steps once. After that you can open it in whichever order you prefer.

We have rewritten the driver and most parts of NaLo which allow us to release new features we couldn't before due to technical debt. Some of these features will include:

Overlay
Detect game to auto start profiles
Universal support for any SteamVR headset without explicit support on our side
Buttonless setting for hands mode (Walking gesture will only be registered e.g. when the hands are under a certain height)
Better performance
Night mode theme
OpenComposite support
iOS version of NaLo tracker
Gamepad emulation
Demo version with all features to use in games

We don't have a release date for this new version yet but we'll publish a beta version as soon as we fix some critical bugs. This beta will have the first 6 features listed above. We have also removed the old demo since it was giving too many problems with modern headsets and one couldn't try the feet tracker mode or whether it works with your games.

Added support to HTC Vive Cosmos (experimental). Virtual Desktop is working!

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2318d ago

We added support for the Vive Cosmos, but it is experimental since we do not have the device itself (yet). HTC Vive cosmos will use built-in profiles made for Oculus Rift S for now. We don't know if the parameters are correct for any of the games. Please send us feedback to the community forum or to [email protected] Thank you, mbbc902 for helping us to make it possible. ːsteamhappyː By the way, we have tested Natural Locomotion with a recent version of Virtual Desktop and it is fully compatible! Some other users reported that it also works with a recent version of ALVR.

Minor fixes

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2319d ago

Fixed direction calibration with T-Pose in some devices combination.
Fixed calibration sounds that was not being played correctly after the first play.
Reduced UI refresh rate to 30 fps reduce CPU usage.

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Hands Mode

Buttonless activator based on gestures

Hip direction for hands mode

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SteamVR Tools

Align VR spaces of different tracking systems

Convert some SteamVR controllers into trackers

Convert Steam Controller dongles to Vive/Index dongles

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Align VR spaces of different tracking systems

Convert some SteamVR controllers into trackers

Convert Steam Controller dongles to Vive/Index dongles

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Fixed bugs

Modified profiles

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