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Feet tracker support RELEASED in beta! Added 15 new profiles and many fixes.

Note: hot fixes are being released after this announcement. Look at the end to see the list.

You can finally walk with your feet! We were planning this update since NaLo was released back in April. Note that the feature is still experimental so please report your experience in the forum to help us improve NaLo.

Also we have improved and fixed a lot of things, and added many new profiles, listed below, including games where arm swinging didn't make sense (like shooters).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpJ2C75k7F4

Full list of changes:
  • Walk in place with feet trackers (only in beta branch)
  • Walk in place using PS3 Move controllers as feet trackers (very experimental, read the instructions).
  • Convert extra controllers to trackers.
  • Synchronize/calibrate different VR spaces, e.g. to use Vive wands/trackers or Knuckles with WMR or Oculus Rift. (beta only)
  • Ability to scroll panels and lists dragging anywhere (and other UI improvements).
  • Changed sticky grips to sticky buttons (it works with any activator button now).
  • Basic support for Valve's Knuckles.
  • Reliable detection of left/right side of asymmetric controllers (basically all but Vive wands).
  • Better side (left/right) detection.
  • Fixed SteamVR 1.1.x support (fixed almost two months ago).
  • Fixed demo on Vive.
  • Fixed settings not being saved on Oculus Rift.
  • Fixed crashes with Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) headsets. Make sure to update or reinstall with SteamVR closed for it to take effect.
  • Disabled demo by default except for first launch.
  • Added ability to open a profile automatically with a command line option.
  • Added a couple of WMR profiles that were removed by mistake.
  • Updated Skyrim parameters for WMR.
  • Miscellaneous fixes.


Full list of added/changed profiles:
  • Alien: Isolation (MotherVR mod)
  • Blade & Sorcery
  • Chiaro and the Elixir of Life
  • Climbey
  • Contractors
  • Frankenstein: Beyond the Time
  • Pavlov VR (feet trackers are recommended)
  • Primordian
  • Protonwar (and Demo)
  • Rec Room (fixed with changes in the game)
  • STAND OUT (feet trackers are recommended)
  • Vengeful Rites (and Demo)
  • WAR DUST (feet trackers are recommended)
  • Witching Tower
  • A-Tech Cybernetic (fixed Rift profile)
  • Onward (Vive and Rift only) (feet trackers are recommended)
  • Robinson: The Journey (Vive and WMR only)


But we're not done! Features planned for the next version:
  • Walk in place without trackers (a.k.a. head bobbing).
  • Better options for choosing direction with joystick.
  • Support for a tracker or device on the hip or pocket for direction or for walk in place.
  • Support for Switch Joycon controllers and smartphones as feet trackers or hip trackers.
  • Improved profiles for sprint detection.
  • Use armswing buttons as activators for walk in place.
  • Faster direction change with trackers.
  • Better horse mode.
  • Sort game list by last played, or hide games you don't have.
  • Pimax compatibility.


And that's just the next version. We have many things planned!

As always, send us any question or suggestion to the community forum.

Happy walking!

Hot fix updates:
  • Walk in place stuck in "make sure headset and controllers are tracking" is fixed. (beta only)
  • Saving profiles in fresh installations is fixed.
  • Oculus Rift wasn't working for existing installations or for people that enabled the demo. Fixed.
  • Fixed Climbey profiles and their instructions.
  • PS3 Move support fixed. (beta only)
  • Fixed VR space calibration progress stuck.