# How to get Vive Playspace?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-vive-playspace/354074>\
**Category:** XR Development\
**Tags:** SteamVR, Vive, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [April 13, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-vive-playspace/354074 "2016-04-13T19:25:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Davision](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Davision](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Davision)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-vive-playspace/354074/1 "2016-04-13T19:25:20Z")

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I know how to get the Chaperone bounds but they are rather useless since they only mark the safe area. What I need is the actual rectangle Playspace which is also rotated in the grid. I can’t find any blueprint node for it, how could I get the playspace?

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Flint](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Sean\_Flint](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Sean_Flint)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-vive-playspace/354074/2 "2016-04-14T18:39:51Z")

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Hello Davision,

Currently the Get Bounds node does not seem to be returning the actual bounds. There is a bug report in our system for this (UE-29341). I will update the report to increase the community interest in this issue.

Have a great day

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**Author:** ![Davision](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Davision](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Davision)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-vive-playspace/354074/3 "2016-04-14T19:04:35Z")

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What bounds does it return currently? Just to clarify: Currently it is only Get Bounds of SteamVRChaperone but what I need is something like Get Bounds of SteamVRPlaySpace. Blue lines are Chaperone bounds, green rectangle is playspace: [HTC Vive - Chaperone Area (teal) & Play Area (green) - Imgur](https://imgur.com/i51SqQV)  
That play space should then also be rotated in the grid in UE4, like a placed box with no rotation.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Flint](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Sean\_Flint](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Sean_Flint)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-get-vive-playspace/354074/4 "2016-04-14T20:12:25Z")

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Getting the play bounds is something that was just recently added to the OpenVR SDK, so unfortunately it’s not something we have support for just yet.

After speaking to our developers, I’ve found out that you can do this yourself by calling VRChaperone-\>( HmdQuad\_t \*rect ) in the FSteamVRHMD implementation if you do not want to wait for it to be integrated into the engine.

Have a great day