diff --git a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farActionGrabEntity.js b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farActionGrabEntity.js
index 1eaed44ce2..8f18be9c27 100644
--- a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farActionGrabEntity.js
+++ b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farActionGrabEntity.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    TRIGGER_OFF_VALUE, TRIGGER_ON_VALUE, ZERO_VEC, ensureDynamic,
    getControllerWorldLocation, projectOntoEntityXYPlane, ContextOverlay, HMD,
    Picks, makeLaserLockInfo, makeLaserParams, AddressManager, getEntityParents, Selection, DISPATCHER_HOVERING_LIST,
-   worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix, DISPATCHER_PROPERTIES, Uuid, Picks
+   worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix, DISPATCHER_PROPERTIES, Uuid, Picks, handsAreTracked, Messages
 */
 
 Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllerDispatcherUtils.js");
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllers.js");
 
         this.isReady = function (controllerData) {
             if (HMD.active) {
+                if (handsAreTracked()) {
+                    return makeRunningValues(false, [], []);
+                }
                 if (this.notPointingAtEntity(controllerData)) {
                     return makeRunningValues(false, [], []);
                 }
diff --git a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farGrabEntity.js b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farGrabEntity.js
index ecafa3cb26..c486d46c33 100644
--- a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farGrabEntity.js
+++ b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farGrabEntity.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
    HAPTIC_PULSE_STRENGTH, HAPTIC_PULSE_DURATION, TRIGGER_OFF_VALUE, TRIGGER_ON_VALUE, ZERO_VEC,
    projectOntoEntityXYPlane, ContextOverlay, HMD, Picks, makeLaserLockInfo, makeLaserParams, AddressManager,
    getEntityParents, Selection, DISPATCHER_HOVERING_LIST, unhighlightTargetEntity, Messages, findGrabbableGroupParent,
-   worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix, DISPATCHER_PROPERTIES
+   worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix, DISPATCHER_PROPERTIES, handsAreTracked
 */
 
 Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllerDispatcherUtils.js");
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllers.js");
         this.endedGrab = 0;
         this.MIN_HAPTIC_PULSE_INTERVAL = 500; // ms
         this.disabled = false;
-        var _this = this;
         this.initialControllerRotation = Quat.IDENTITY;
         this.currentControllerRotation = Quat.IDENTITY;
         this.manipulating = false;
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllers.js");
 
         this.getOffhand = function () {
             return (this.hand === RIGHT_HAND ? LEFT_HAND : RIGHT_HAND);
-        }
+        };
 
         // Activation criteria for rotating a fargrabbed entity. If we're changing the mapping, this is where to do it.
         this.shouldManipulateTarget = function (controllerData) {
@@ -406,6 +405,9 @@ Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllers.js");
 
         this.isReady = function (controllerData) {
             if (HMD.active) {
+                if (handsAreTracked()) {
+                    return makeRunningValues(false, [], []);
+                }
                 if (this.notPointingAtEntity(controllerData)) {
                     return makeRunningValues(false, [], []);
                 }
diff --git a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farTrigger.js b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farTrigger.js
index c9c9d3deee..2a8a4d7246 100644
--- a/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farTrigger.js
+++ b/scripts/system/controllers/controllerModules/farTrigger.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 /* global Script, RIGHT_HAND, LEFT_HAND, MyAvatar,
    makeRunningValues, Entities, enableDispatcherModule, disableDispatcherModule, makeDispatcherModuleParameters,
-   getGrabbableData, makeLaserParams, DISPATCHER_PROPERTIES
+   getGrabbableData, makeLaserParams, DISPATCHER_PROPERTIES, RayPick, handsAreTracked
 */
 
 Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllerDispatcherUtils.js");
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Script.include("/~/system/libraries/controllers.js");
 
         this.isReady = function (controllerData) {
             this.targetEntityID = null;
+            if (handsAreTracked()) {
+                return makeRunningValues(false, [], []);
+            }
             if (controllerData.triggerClicks[this.hand] === 0) {
                 return makeRunningValues(false, [], []);
             }
diff --git a/scripts/system/libraries/controllerDispatcherUtils.js b/scripts/system/libraries/controllerDispatcherUtils.js
index 3b81e17473..fc2306fe28 100644
--- a/scripts/system/libraries/controllerDispatcherUtils.js
+++ b/scripts/system/libraries/controllerDispatcherUtils.js
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
    clearHighlightedEntities:true,
    unhighlightTargetEntity:true,
    distanceBetweenEntityLocalPositionAndBoundingBox: true,
-   worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix: true
+   worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix: true,
+   handsAreTracked: true
 */
 
 MSECS_PER_SEC = 1000.0;
@@ -600,6 +601,10 @@ worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix = function(wptrProps, pos) {
     return offsetMat;
 };
 
+handsAreTracked = function () {
+    return Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.LeftHandIndex3).valid ||
+        Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.RightHandIndex3).valid;
+}
 
 if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
     module.exports = {
@@ -624,6 +629,7 @@ if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
         TRIGGER_OFF_VALUE: TRIGGER_OFF_VALUE,
         TRIGGER_ON_VALUE: TRIGGER_ON_VALUE,
         DISPATCHER_HOVERING_LIST: DISPATCHER_HOVERING_LIST,
-        worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix: worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix
+        worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix: worldPositionToRegistrationFrameMatrix,
+        handsAreTracked: handsAreTracked
     };
 }
diff --git a/scripts/system/miniTablet.js b/scripts/system/miniTablet.js
index bc9bcfe36d..1650cb60f4 100644
--- a/scripts/system/miniTablet.js
+++ b/scripts/system/miniTablet.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
 //
 
-/* global getTabletWidthFromSettings, TRIGGER_OFF_VALUE, Controller, Script, Camera, Tablet, MyAvatar,
+/* global getTabletWidthFromSettings, handsAreTracked, TRIGGER_OFF_VALUE, Controller, Script, Camera, Tablet, MyAvatar,
    Quat, SoundCache, HMD, Overlays, Vec3, Uuid, Messages */
 
 (function () {
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@
         return hand === LEFT_HAND ? RIGHT_HAND : LEFT_HAND;
     }
 
-    function handsAreTracked() {
-        return Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.LeftHandIndex3).valid ||
-            Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.RightHandIndex3).valid;
-    }
-
     UI = function () {
 
         if (!(this instanceof UI)) {