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{{see also|Positional tracking}}
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[[Tracking]] allows the [[VR]] or [[AR] system to know where your head ([[HMD]]), hands and other body parts ([[Input Device]]s) are looking and moving. Tracking is important to accurately render the virtual world to match your physical positions and movements.
[[Tracking]] allows the [[VR]] or [[AR]] system to know where your head ([[HMD]]), hands and other body parts ([[Input Device]]s) are looking and moving. Tracking is important to accurately render the virtual world to match your physical positions and movements.


==Rotational Tracking==
==Rotational Tracking==
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==Positional Tracking==
==Positional Tracking==
[[Positional tracking]] tracks an object's movement in all 3 translational directions:  
[[Positional tracking]] tracks an object's movement in all 3 translational directions: forward/back, up/down, left/right. Positional tracking is usually more difficult than rotational tracking.


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