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Why not put the camera on the oculus itself?
In stead of putting the camera on the desktop, why not put a camera or two on the oculus itself and put some kind of device on your desktop that sends out a bunch of IR dots all over the room to make ...
I suppose the Rift itself has 6 degrees of freedom tracking. But the thing is, it drifts. The onboard tracking that doesn't drift is very expensive so it's out of question. The off-board tracking that doesn't drift is either magnetic or optical. Magnetic has loads of serious issues, so does the optical, but the latter is simplier and more reliable in most cases, and much cheaper also.