I just noticed your trackers work perfectly fine even when covered by your clothes. That's a really good feature, I'm tired of my ive trackers 2.0 loosing tracking all the time because of this.
Yep, I sometimes have my slimes in "stealth mode" under my clothes if I need to go elsewhere to do things, as they are comfortable enough that I don't notice them. Nobody knows I have them on! lol
nice review anime cat fox demon girl!! excited to get some maybe hopefully one day (side note: wow voice changers have come a looooong way in a very short time, surprising!)
Those look great! Just sad they only last for so long before they need to be reset. Perhaps they could be combined with AprilTags or any other outside-in tracking and reset automatically when they're starting to drift..
Thank you for making an official Slime VR review! The tracking looks amazing. I am looking forward to when I finally get my Slimes in the mail. 💖 Any advice for organizing velcro straps? I'm thinking of getting a simple case just for storing Slime VR trackers but I hope the velcro straps won't be getting stuck. I hope it won't be an issue connecting by wifi when I set mine up.
I had fun making it, thanks! I'd say for the velcro straps, I have a table that I place them all on, spaced out from each other, and fold the velcro underneath each one, when I take them off - it works pretty well, but yeah the velcro getting stuck to each other is annoying. I may eventually make snap-together clasps rather than velcro, I've seen others do that and it seems like a practical solution. There have been a few people with wifi connection issues with their new slimes, most of them are getting sorted out in technical support, but hopefully the devs can address this with future updates. The ones with issues seem to be Apple Airlink, firewall problems, and specific routers that are older models. I had one slime not want to connect, but restarting my PC somehow fixed it, for what it's worth.
Yep, there's some important differences: I have Hyperions, as well as jewelry box slimes, and the official slimes are made with injection molding, which looks like (and feels like) it will be more durable than the other ones in the long run. I had Hyperion strap loops break multiple times, the official slimes don't look like they'll have that problem. These are also smaller than the Hyperions, which is nice. Also, they can be on while charging and have battery sense so I can see what percentage they are at in VR, my DIY slimes never had resistors or diodes, so that's a major upgrade in quality of life (and safer too). The extension wires on the officials are my only real issue - the JST wire breaking sucked, but to be fair, I used them in extreme ways by dancing, rolling around, basically doing real stress testing.
Do you think it would be in our best interest to go ahead and hot glue the extension wires once we get them to avoid cable breaking? Kinda paranoid of having one snap on me now.
I think so - I have seen others have those wires break now since this video was made and people got sets, and although they are covered under warranty, the fact that they don't have strain relief is a real issue. I think you would be better off reinforcing them for sure!
@@ZRock35VR For real DIYers you can get shrink wrap black microtubing, it's dirt cheap, for electrical work, it slips over wires, then you hit it with heat and it shrinks into a flexible yet stiff film, it's the same material on the end of a fan for you pc, for example, on the end that plugs into a motherboard, a lot of fans will have that on there as an example so you know what it is
With the hot glue, do you suggest I hot glue all the wire connections before using the SlimeVR trackers for the first time to ensure the wires don't escape?
Hey zrock, real loving the showcase and reviews. I'm planning to make some for myself for mocap. In your opinion what's the adequate number of tracker you think is best for mocap? And also what imu do you use? Do you notice any issue with drift?
Thank you for your support! Great that you are planning to DIY, it's really fun! I use exclusively BNO085 trackers, with my DIY set configured to use magnetometers, and the Official set in default "no-mag" configuration, although I do have BMI-160 and MPU-6050 trackers that I built and have used (those don't have magnetometers btw). Drift is not an issue with magnetometers enabled IF you have a good mag environment. Drift with "default" non-magnetometer firmware is always there, but it's not too bad - every so often (10-20 mins, longer if not moving much) I need to reset with the keybind button, but it doesn't bother me. IMO Given the fact that SlimeVR supports 20 points for mocap, I'd say (mocap mode) mocap starts at 13 trackers - head, neck, each upper arm, each lower arm, each hand, hip, each upper leg, each lower leg. That would be sufficient for most full body use cases, however, adding foot rotation would be nice for some things, so depending on how much you need that type of movement, 2 more for feet could help. Shoulders I was not overly impressed with, but again, depends on how much you want shrugging. I don't consider adding upper chest to be a big benefit, nor is adding an additional waist tracker to the hip really that much better than a hip tracker alone - it's a little better, but not wildly so. Hope that helps, feel free to ask more questions - I'm glad you are considering this for mocap!
I made this question already on another of your videos but how do you avoid overheating while dancing? I noticed your play space is outdoors maybe? Deam... slime not needing basestations make you practically free to play anywhere.
You nailed it - I actually created an outdoor VR play space, using two connected enclosed car canopies with plywood flooring, for a total space of 40'x10' which allows me a lot of freedom. I have a fan set up as well, for when dancing gets intense, but as I live at a fairly high elevation usually that is not an issue for me. Being fully wifi based makes these very convenient, no need to be stuck in a room!
I got 10 point tracking recently and set it up a few days ago, i currently got a problem where i need to reset/recalibrate every 2minutes because my chest seems to rotate left and the arm trackers got all prezel. Do you have any advice or pointers on how to solve this issue because i notice loads of people don't seem to have this issue. (I'm new to fbt please go easy on me)
I have ordered some custom SlimeVR trackers that use BNO08x IMUs, do you think they will work comparably to the official trackers? Or is it worth cancelling the order for the official ones? I like the design of the trackers I'm ordering from the custom tracker maker which is why I ordered them.
Subtitles broken, it miss the timings and showed at start one big block text. So it need fixed for sure. Don't know what happened but subs are broken for me.
They are very light and comfortable when strapped on, and don't slip at all - the only one that I noticed slipping down was the chest tracker (mainly when I was dancing or jumping up and down a lot), you can either tighten that one on a lot, or do what I did and just add a bit of velcro to stop that from happening completely!
I'd say minimum to get is build or buy 6 trackers, which if you are looking at the CrowdSupply site is the 5+1 set, which gives you good full body tracking in VRChat - you don't get foot rotation or elbow tracking with that, but I found that for regular everyday use (casual dancing, laying down, sitting etc) that amount is quick to put on, comfortable and works well! Most of my videos are with 6 trackers, and unless you really want more, like for foot rotation/elbow tracking, it's the best price/performance IMHO.
@@BreadwithnoButter I mean, when bigger youtubers make reviews and more people get theirs, the line of CrowdSupply preorders will grow, extending your wait if you order later. I encourage you to research it, the SlimeVR discord has lots of information, but current estimates are people who order now will be getting them likely early next year.
I got a development set early directly from the SlimeVR company (I do beta testing/youtubing and have been contributing every day for a couple years now), but I also pre-ordered through CrowdSupply back when the project first started, and am still waiting for my pre-order to get through customs currently. There's a LOT of backed up orders that the company is trying to get through (over 10K pre-orders currently, and they are making them at a rate of about 1.5K sets per month) which is why they are saying 2024 for new pre-orders. It's tough because they are a small company and have had a lot of setbacks in the past that have delayed things.
That was in Unity, I was not in game - there's a plugin called "External Receiver Pack" that can let you use a VRM model and do live mocap in Unity with Slimes!
Generally with active movements using BNOs, it's about 10-15 minutes between resets, but can be longer if you aren't jumping around and dancing, like 20-30+ minutes before needing to reset.
@@ZRock35VR I'm creating a tracker using BMI160 but i can't make it work. so i'm planning to buy. How long does it take you to receive the tracker from order to received? thanks for the reply
@@audreyAsDeveloper For the Official CrowdSupply slimes, if you ordered now, they would take till early next year is my best guess - there's well over 9000 backers going back all the way to 2021 when that campaign started, and due to the chip shortage/conflict in Europe everything got delayed a lot (among other things). It sucks, but I've been waiting since 2021 for the 5+3 set I pre-ordered, but hopefully I'll get it soon, I was fortunate enough to get the review set early, but yeah....it's going to be a long wait for the official slimes for all the recent people ordering. On the other hand, there are sellers in the SlimeVR discord making DIY sets that ship out fast, but you need to do research before just ordering - some sets use BMI-160s, other use BNOs like the officials.
The review set I got was directly mailed to me from the SlimeVR company and did not go through CrowdSupply - it was fairly quick. I am very grateful to have gotten it, but that is not at all typical. The pre-order set (5+3) that I ordered 2 years ago, is still currently stuck in US customs, and I am waiting for news on when it might get through! I have no idea how long it will take, I hope once it clears customs it doesn't take too long, but I can't say really yet. The wait continues!
True, I tried using NVidia noise cancelling which only helped a little, I need to learn how to tune it better - tbh I had only used it for like a day before making this, so I'm an absolute noob at tuning. Still, wanted to show something goofy and different from my normal stuff, which I think this was.
Currently the pre-order backlog is being worked through, and new orders from CrowdSupply are supposed to be getting shipped out in maybe 4-5 months at this point. I personally finally got my pre-order set that I had ordered 2 years ago, and they work great! You can also get DIY trackers from Marketplace forum channel in the SlimeVR discord, you need to do your own research there but generally you can find sets for sale that can usually ship in a matter of weeks.
Are you using official trackers, or DIY version of Slime made with BMI-160 IMUs? It's possible the BMIs were not calibrated, if they are just constantly "drifting" non-stop.
Nope, it's $450 (!!!!!!), and I don't think Sony will send me free ones since I am just a small youtuber - besides, everything I've seen youtubers post has just looked terrible, it doesn't look good to me at all compared to Slimes (or even Kinect for that matter lol)
It depends on if you make them yourself, pay someone else to make them for you, or pre-order the official slimes like are shown in the video - if you want to pre-order, the CrowdSupply website has info and prices!
no way my favorite "totally an actual cat fox demon girl in real life" has posted about the slime virtual reality once again
I even made my human do a body reveal, I think his avatar is kinda jank but he did ok lol
Lmao
Zrock really went through the vocal training arc since the last yoga session
It's AI
its a joke ☠☠@@Arxari
I just noticed your trackers work perfectly fine even when covered by your clothes. That's a really good feature, I'm tired of my ive trackers 2.0 loosing tracking all the time because of this.
Yep, I sometimes have my slimes in "stealth mode" under my clothes if I need to go elsewhere to do things, as they are comfortable enough that I don't notice them. Nobody knows I have them on! lol
"I AM NOT AN ANIME CAT FOX DEMON GIRL" sounds like something an Anime Cat Fox Demon Girl would say
this small by at the end, why so cute :3
IKR, the mistakes I made were too cute not to have as well lol
nice review anime cat fox demon girl!! excited to get some maybe hopefully one day
(side note: wow voice changers have come a looooong way in a very short time, surprising!)
Those look great!
Just sad they only last for so long before they need to be reset.
Perhaps they could be combined with AprilTags or any other outside-in tracking and reset automatically when they're starting to drift..
Zrocky has now become the anime
I need a tutorial in whatever voice changer ur using, cause if that's live, it's almost flawless!!
amazing job
I've been waiting to build mine until I can get a headlamp so I can do my soldering at night. Too damn hot here in Phoenix lol
Nice! I hope it cools down, so you can get them done, DIY is the best since you can say "built em myself"
RED DEVIL VOICE REVEAL RED DEVIL VOICE REVEAL
Thank you for making an official Slime VR review! The tracking looks amazing. I am looking forward to when I finally get my Slimes in the mail. 💖 Any advice for organizing velcro straps? I'm thinking of getting a simple case just for storing Slime VR trackers but I hope the velcro straps won't be getting stuck. I hope it won't be an issue connecting by wifi when I set mine up.
I had fun making it, thanks! I'd say for the velcro straps, I have a table that I place them all on, spaced out from each other, and fold the velcro underneath each one, when I take them off - it works pretty well, but yeah the velcro getting stuck to each other is annoying. I may eventually make snap-together clasps rather than velcro, I've seen others do that and it seems like a practical solution.
There have been a few people with wifi connection issues with their new slimes, most of them are getting sorted out in technical support, but hopefully the devs can address this with future updates. The ones with issues seem to be Apple Airlink, firewall problems, and specific routers that are older models. I had one slime not want to connect, but restarting my PC somehow fixed it, for what it's worth.
@@ZRock35VR Thank you so much for the tips and suggestion! I'll keep this in mind.
any notable differences between your own custom slimes and the official?
Yep, there's some important differences:
I have Hyperions, as well as jewelry box slimes, and the official slimes are made with injection molding, which looks like (and feels like) it will be more durable than the other ones in the long run. I had Hyperion strap loops break multiple times, the official slimes don't look like they'll have that problem. These are also smaller than the Hyperions, which is nice.
Also, they can be on while charging and have battery sense so I can see what percentage they are at in VR, my DIY slimes never had resistors or diodes, so that's a major upgrade in quality of life (and safer too).
The extension wires on the officials are my only real issue - the JST wire breaking sucked, but to be fair, I used them in extreme ways by dancing, rolling around, basically doing real stress testing.
Do you think it would be in our best interest to go ahead and hot glue the extension wires once we get them to avoid cable breaking? Kinda paranoid of having one snap on me now.
I think so - I have seen others have those wires break now since this video was made and people got sets, and although they are covered under warranty, the fact that they don't have strain relief is a real issue. I think you would be better off reinforcing them for sure!
@@ZRock35VR For real DIYers you can get shrink wrap black microtubing, it's dirt cheap, for electrical work, it slips over wires, then you hit it with heat and it shrinks into a flexible yet stiff film, it's the same material on the end of a fan for you pc, for example, on the end that plugs into a motherboard, a lot of fans will have that on there as an example so you know what it is
With the hot glue, do you suggest I hot glue all the wire connections before using the SlimeVR trackers for the first time to ensure the wires don't escape?
WHAT AN AMAZING CHARACTER AND HARDWARE
Hey zrock, real loving the showcase and reviews. I'm planning to make some for myself for mocap. In your opinion what's the adequate number of tracker you think is best for mocap? And also what imu do you use? Do you notice any issue with drift?
Thank you for your support! Great that you are planning to DIY, it's really fun! I use exclusively BNO085 trackers, with my DIY set configured to use magnetometers, and the Official set in default "no-mag" configuration, although I do have BMI-160 and MPU-6050 trackers that I built and have used (those don't have magnetometers btw). Drift is not an issue with magnetometers enabled IF you have a good mag environment. Drift with "default" non-magnetometer firmware is always there, but it's not too bad - every so often (10-20 mins, longer if not moving much) I need to reset with the keybind button, but it doesn't bother me.
IMO Given the fact that SlimeVR supports 20 points for mocap, I'd say (mocap mode) mocap starts at 13 trackers - head, neck, each upper arm, each lower arm, each hand, hip, each upper leg, each lower leg. That would be sufficient for most full body use cases, however, adding foot rotation would be nice for some things, so depending on how much you need that type of movement, 2 more for feet could help. Shoulders I was not overly impressed with, but again, depends on how much you want shrugging. I don't consider adding upper chest to be a big benefit, nor is adding an additional waist tracker to the hip really that much better than a hip tracker alone - it's a little better, but not wildly so.
Hope that helps, feel free to ask more questions - I'm glad you are considering this for mocap!
it's very nice
I made this question already on another of your videos but how do you avoid overheating while dancing? I noticed your play space is outdoors maybe? Deam... slime not needing basestations make you practically free to play anywhere.
You nailed it - I actually created an outdoor VR play space, using two connected enclosed car canopies with plywood flooring, for a total space of 40'x10' which allows me a lot of freedom. I have a fan set up as well, for when dancing gets intense, but as I live at a fairly high elevation usually that is not an issue for me. Being fully wifi based makes these very convenient, no need to be stuck in a room!
@@ZRock35VR thats some ready player me thing going on for you
I got 10 point tracking recently and set it up a few days ago, i currently got a problem where i need to reset/recalibrate every 2minutes because my chest seems to rotate left and the arm trackers got all prezel. Do you have any advice or pointers on how to solve this issue because i notice loads of people don't seem to have this issue. (I'm new to fbt please go easy on me)
Thanks for the review, the voice is intersting, but it would be a lot better if it didn't sound like the voice cracks every other vowel
I have ordered some custom SlimeVR trackers that use BNO08x IMUs, do you think they will work comparably to the official trackers? Or is it worth cancelling the order for the official ones? I like the design of the trackers I'm ordering from the custom tracker maker which is why I ordered them.
Congratz getting official slimevr zrock! by the way what happened to your voice LOL
I'm....uhhhhhhh....experimenting lol
woah that voice im crying. so beautiful 😍
Subtitles broken, it miss the timings and showed at start one big block text. So it need fixed for sure. Don't know what happened but subs are broken for me.
Omg i love this
when it says pre-order do i have to wait until jan 2024 or thats just estimated guess?
In your opinion, are these good in games like Blade & Sorcery?
How's the comfort and weight of the trackers? Do they slip much?
They are very light and comfortable when strapped on, and don't slip at all - the only one that I noticed slipping down was the chest tracker (mainly when I was dancing or jumping up and down a lot), you can either tighten that one on a lot, or do what I did and just add a bit of velcro to stop that from happening completely!
@@ZRock35VR that's awesome! Thanks for the info. Is the little neck velcro included?
@@microgamestation nope, I had to add that myself
@@ZRock35VR Thanks again! :D excited to pick up my own once the backorders are fulfilled.
lets go slimes! :3 🤍🤍🤍
do you have any recommendations for what slimevr set to get? would the cheapest option be good or should i go for a middle ground?
I'd say minimum to get is build or buy 6 trackers, which if you are looking at the CrowdSupply site is the 5+1 set, which gives you good full body tracking in VRChat - you don't get foot rotation or elbow tracking with that, but I found that for regular everyday use (casual dancing, laying down, sitting etc) that amount is quick to put on, comfortable and works well! Most of my videos are with 6 trackers, and unless you really want more, like for foot rotation/elbow tracking, it's the best price/performance IMHO.
@ZRock35VR thanks! Also should I order them now or wait closer to the delivery date
@@BreadwithnoButter I mean, when bigger youtubers make reviews and more people get theirs, the line of CrowdSupply preorders will grow, extending your wait if you order later. I encourage you to research it, the SlimeVR discord has lots of information, but current estimates are people who order now will be getting them likely early next year.
Which VR headset are u using? I have the index but I want to look into a wireless VR headset.
I'm using a Quest 2, with Virtual Desktop on all of my videos - fully wireless is super worth it IMO!
@@ZRock35VRThanks. Maybe I'll look into the quest 3
Why is this tracker available in 2024 !! ?
how did you buy it ?
I got a development set early directly from the SlimeVR company (I do beta testing/youtubing and have been contributing every day for a couple years now), but I also pre-ordered through CrowdSupply back when the project first started, and am still waiting for my pre-order to get through customs currently.
There's a LOT of backed up orders that the company is trying to get through (over 10K pre-orders currently, and they are making them at a rate of about 1.5K sets per month) which is why they are saying 2024 for new pre-orders. It's tough because they are a small company and have had a lot of setbacks in the past that have delayed things.
any tips for getting proportions setup i cant seem to get it 1 to 1 like what you have i use 10 point
How did you change live spring parameters? Like while in game?
That was in Unity, I was not in game - there's a plugin called "External Receiver Pack" that can let you use a VRM model and do live mocap in Unity with Slimes!
I love the the voice. voicemod?
Nope, I put the link in the description to the youtube that has the voice changer I used though
where did you get ur velcro strap for the chest piece?
I just had some extra from doing DIY, but it's available at any craft store or online
Can you put these under clothing without issues?
Yes
How long do you have drift with the BNO imu?
Generally with active movements using BNOs, it's about 10-15 minutes between resets, but can be longer if you aren't jumping around and dancing, like 20-30+ minutes before needing to reset.
What IMU does it use? is it the BNO085?
Yes - official trackers are BNO085! They are the best IMUs currently supported, and work very well.
@@ZRock35VR I'm creating a tracker using BMI160 but i can't make it work. so i'm planning to buy. How long does it take you to receive the tracker from order to received? thanks for the reply
@@audreyAsDeveloper For the Official CrowdSupply slimes, if you ordered now, they would take till early next year is my best guess - there's well over 9000 backers going back all the way to 2021 when that campaign started, and due to the chip shortage/conflict in Europe everything got delayed a lot (among other things).
It sucks, but I've been waiting since 2021 for the 5+3 set I pre-ordered, but hopefully I'll get it soon, I was fortunate enough to get the review set early, but yeah....it's going to be a long wait for the official slimes for all the recent people ordering.
On the other hand, there are sellers in the SlimeVR discord making DIY sets that ship out fast, but you need to do research before just ordering - some sets use BMI-160s, other use BNOs like the officials.
How long did it take to ship to your area?
The review set I got was directly mailed to me from the SlimeVR company and did not go through CrowdSupply - it was fairly quick. I am very grateful to have gotten it, but that is not at all typical.
The pre-order set (5+3) that I ordered 2 years ago, is still currently stuck in US customs, and I am waiting for news on when it might get through! I have no idea how long it will take, I hope once it clears customs it doesn't take too long, but I can't say really yet. The wait continues!
@@ZRock35VR oh wow ok thank you!
@@ZRock35VR im sorry for the late reply but where to do you recommend buying it from?
The voice changer is not the best :D Lots of stutters.
True, I tried using NVidia noise cancelling which only helped a little, I need to learn how to tune it better - tbh I had only used it for like a day before making this, so I'm an absolute noob at tuning. Still, wanted to show something goofy and different from my normal stuff, which I think this was.
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Muito bom.
i really wanna know what the avatar at 0:36 is, its really cute
that's a custom version I did of the Tori Base avatar, base is available on Booth!
@@ZRock35VR thank youu, do you kind sharing where you got the clothes/clothing texture for it
OMDS WHERE CAN U GET THISSSSSSSSS
Currently the pre-order backlog is being worked through, and new orders from CrowdSupply are supposed to be getting shipped out in maybe 4-5 months at this point. I personally finally got my pre-order set that I had ordered 2 years ago, and they work great!
You can also get DIY trackers from Marketplace forum channel in the SlimeVR discord, you need to do your own research there but generally you can find sets for sale that can usually ship in a matter of weeks.
@@ZRock35VR oh okay thanks
Mine just drift no matter what 😶🌫️
Are you using official trackers, or DIY version of Slime made with BMI-160 IMUs? It's possible the BMIs were not calibrated, if they are just constantly "drifting" non-stop.
slime
did you try sony mocopi?
Nope, it's $450 (!!!!!!), and I don't think Sony will send me free ones since I am just a small youtuber - besides, everything I've seen youtubers post has just looked terrible, it doesn't look good to me at all compared to Slimes (or even Kinect for that matter lol)
So how much is this?
It depends on if you make them yourself, pay someone else to make them for you, or pre-order the official slimes like are shown in the video - if you want to pre-order, the CrowdSupply website has info and prices!
А за экраном сидит скуф с пузякой