VR tracking · offline connection planning
Check a declared optical tracking generation
Compare a device’s documented Lighthouse sensor generation with Base Station 1.0 or 2.0, without assuming that SteamVR support means optical compatibility.
Your setup and observations
Check one declared device’s optical reference requirement, not the complete headset or accessory system. Start with exact manuals rather than connector shape or a generic SteamVR label.
Work through a concrete example
Example: a device whose exact manual limits its optical sensors to 1.0 cannot use 2.0 stations. Index support for both generations does not make a mixed 1.0/2.0 station set valid. An independently camera-tracked device is a separate path, not automatically another Lighthouse device.
What this result decides
The result checks optical-generation intersection only. Radio receivers, app support, shared coordinate spaces, synchronization and wired-PCVR video/USB requirements are separate decisions.
Primary examples are not a device database
Valve documents 1.0/2.0 station separation and older sensor limitations. Use the exact device manual for your declaration; no complete model compatibility list is embedded.
Independent tracking is different
Inside-out devices need their own supported runtime and coordinate-alignment route when mixed with Lighthouse accessories. A Quest or other headset is never assumed to work automatically.