Tundra Tracker Bundles Sold Out in Just 3 Minutes Yesterday

Tundra Tracker, a SteamVR Tracking puck born out of a successful Kickstarter last year, was sold to the general public for the first time yesterday, March 10th. Tundra Labs says that all available stock was sold out in only three minutes after launch.

Update (March 11th, 2023)

Tundra Labs announced in a tweet that their “very limited inventory” of trackers sold out in just three minutes yesterday.

Like many companies, Tundra Labs says it’s suffering from key component shortages, and as such has been forced to buy some parts from third-party brokerages instead of directly from the supplier, which it says is due to larger companies getting priority.

Tundra Labs says its first wave of orders will ship “approximately 8 weeks after purchase,” with inventory tentatively scheduled for May 10th, 2023. The company hasn’t mentioned when it plans to open up orders again for its pint-sized SteamVR tracker, however in a previous update a 4-6 week lead time was quoted, which would put the next availability window sometime in April.

Update (March 4th, 2023)

Tundra Labs says it’s opening up sale of a limited number of Trackers starting March 10th. The company hopes to pace availability every 4-6 weeks thereafter.

Here’s the initial March 10th release schedule below:

Release on tundra-labs.com at 12: 00 JST (local time here)for purchase in Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand

Release on tundra-labs.com at 12: 00 CST (local time here) for purchase in United States, Canada, Rest of World (not including European Continent)

Bundles have changed somewhat from the original Kickstarter. Now a three tracker bundle costs $360 and a four tracker bundle $480. Read more on Tundra Labs blogpost for additional details on pricing and availability.

Original Article (October 27th, 2023): The Tundra Tracker Kickstarter raised nearly $1.4 million earlier this year to bring to life a VR tracking puck for the SteamVR Tracking ecosystem which is the first direct alternative to the longstanding Vive Tracker. The device can be used to track arbitrary items inside of VR, with many aiming to use the tracker for full-body tracking to enhance social VR experiences.

Tundra Tracker (left), Vive Tracker 2.0 (right) | Image courtesy Tundra Labs

Though shipments for the Tundra Tracker have slipped from their initial estimate of September, the campaign has seen an incredibly quick turnaround compared to most hardware-based crowdfunding projects which often take years to complete; the latest estimate from Tundra Labs is that the first shipments should begin in early November, which would be just over five months from the completion of the Kickstarter campaign. Here’s the current shipping estimates from the company:

November 10th: Early Bird Shipments begin for Americas Region
November 22nd: Early Bird Shipments begin for Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand & SE Asia
November 29th through December 31st: Regular Backer Shipments

Tundra Labs says the delay from the original September estimate was in part caused by electricity shortages in China which impacted manufacturing. However, the company says that a “very small” number of Tundra Trackers have already been shipped to some ‘early bird’ backers in China.