A method for determining a pose of at least one mobile controller, wherein the method is performed, at least in part, by a head-mounted display, the HMD providing a mixed-reality experience in conjunction with the mobile controller, the method comprising: determining that an initiation event has occurred that initiates a process of locating the mobile controller within a physical environment; sending a first instruction to a transmitter in response to the initiation event, which instructs the transmitter to use a first power level in emitting a magnetic field and/or electromagnetic radiation; receiving signals from a receiver in response to detecting the magnetic field and/or electromagnetic radiation; determining a pose of the mobile controller relative to the HMD based on the signals that have been received; and sending a second instruction to the transmitter, which instructs the transmitter to emit the magnetic field and/or the electromagnetic radiation using a second power level, the first power level being higher than the second power level, and the first power level enabling detection of the mobile controller when the mobile controller is out-of-range with respect to a space in which the mobile controller operates when being manually manipulated by the user in a course of providing the mixed-reality experience; wherein the initiation event corresponds to a case in which: the user has commenced using the HMD; and the pose of the mobile controller relative to the HMD cannot be ascertained based on a last-known pose provided by the mobile controller, as determined by a local tracking component provided by the mobile controller, said local tracking component configured to track the pose of the mobile controller based on an image information from at least one local camera included in the mobile controller for capturing images of the physical environment and store the last-known pose in a data store. determining that an initiation event has occurred that initiates a process of locating the mobile controller within a physical environment; sending a first instruction to a transmitter in response to the initiation event, which instructs the transmitter to use a first power level in emitting a magnetic field and/or electromagnetic radiation; receiving signals from a receiver in response to detecting the magnetic field and/or electromagnetic radiation; determining a pose of the mobile controller relative to the HMD based on the signals that have been received; and sending a second instruction to the transmitter, which instructs the transmitter to emit the magnetic field and/or the electromagnetic radiation using a second power level, the first power level being higher than the second power level, and the first power level enabling detection of the mobile controller when the mobile controller is out-of-range with respect to a space in which the mobile controller operates when being manually manipulated by the user in a course of providing the mixed-reality experience; wherein the initiation event corresponds to a case in which: the user has commenced using the HMD; and the pose of the mobile controller relative to the HMD cannot be ascertained based on a last-known pose provided by the mobile controller, as determined by a local tracking component provided by the mobile controller, said local tracking component configured to track the pose of the mobile controller based on an image information from at least one local camera included in the mobile controller for capturing images of the physical environment and store the last-known pose in a data store.