Fumi Hausu’s First 3D Stream Turns Into a Chat After Her Hand Tracking Fails

POLYGON — Fumi Hausu, a streamer with Polygon (ALTER), planned to dance in her first full-body 3D model on Tuesday. Her hand tracking failed early on, so she turned the stream into a chat, “Let’s Talk!”, and stayed in the 3D body for about an hour and a half.

Within the first few minutes she told viewers her hands were not ready to perform and that one of her controllers was not responding. She used a handheld controller to move forward and kept her hands tucked behind her back to avoid pressing the wrong thing. Her hands and fingers repeatedly dropped out of the picture, and the model made faces and sudden jumps that she and viewers laughed at. She said the hand sensors depend on the camera in her VR headset, which is not yet stable, and that this was the best she could manage for now.

“Technology doesn’t love me anymore.” — Fumi Hausu, as her hand controls acted up

Answering a viewer’s question, she explained that the setup uses a Meta Quest headset and round trackers on her head, body and feet. She said the model has to move more than she does to register small gestures, such as closing her eyes or turning her head. She added that the tracking cannot yet capture a full lying-down pose. Later she called the stream her first 3D appearance, said viewers could watch how it develops, and said the headset battery lasts roughly an hour and a half.

Viewers filled the chat with jokes about her hands fighting for their lives and asked her to try poses, from a peace sign to a wink. She tried several, along with walking in place and a jump she said had to be part of any 3D stream.

Fumi said she would stream again on Thursday, the 12th, with her younger brother, and described it as a face-off between the two. She signed off to eat and charge the 3D rig, and to have the tracking fixed before the next appearance.