VR Beer Finder

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I'm going to put the Vive tracker to good use after causing quite a few spills while stumbling around in VR trying to find my drink. You can use this adapter to attach an HTC Vive tracker to a beer bottle and visualize your drink in VR with the Beer Finder mod. The [HTC Vive Tracker Band Adapter] by TsubokuLab was used as a reference design, so it should work just fine if you already have one. The zipped files replace the ugly HTC tracker mesh with that of a beer bottle, complete with the correct offset and orientation to mimic your real bottle when attached to the tracker. The bottle appears when you press the SteamVR system button, so you don't need to leave VR to find your drink. A beer stein option is also included. For best results, use a long neck 355 mL or 12 ounce bottle and position the tracker near the bottom of the bottle, not in the middle. I've also used a water bottle of similar height without incident. The main caveat is that it doesn't show you where your desk is, so don't stray too far after picking up your drink! To use this mod: Print the adapter from the STL file. You'll need a suitable adjustable strap 2.5 cm (1") wide to feed through the adapter slots. I used an elastic fabric about 25 cm long and glued velcro to the ends. Backup the OEM tracker files (vr_tracker_vive_1_0.obj, vr_tracker_vive_1_0.mtl, vr_tracker_vive_1_0_diff.png, and vr_tracker_vive_1_0_spec.png). They're located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SteamVR\drivers\htc\resources\rendermodels\vr_tracker_vive_1_0. Download the .zip file, unzip, and replace the files in the directory above. Note: SteamVR seems to use ambient lighting only when in the system screen, so more complex shaders needed to model glass have no effect. This makes the models look a little cartoonish in VR, but doesn't affect the use.