• FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m still rocking the HTC Vive I bought after I found out Oculus had been bought out, but one of these days I’d like to upgrade. Vive still works pretty great though. How are you liking the Index?

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      8 months ago

      Heavy, the blacks aren’t black, the audio was twice better on the CV1, but the framerate and tracking quality is unbeatable. Resolution and FOV bump is nice, too.

      My hands are way too large for the Index Controllers, I desperately want something to replace them.

      I need to do this to reach the system button, and I can’t always just hold the controller further down due to how the strap works.

      Most of the time I hold it with just my fingers so by thumb actually lands where the buttons are, , but it’s meant to be strapped to the palm of the hand.

      Big huge bonus is that it works on Linux.

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        8 months ago

        That’s kind of a bummer but at least you can use other peripherals if you want. I think the Vive controllers are pretty decent even though they’re a little dated.

        I love all the things Valve has done for gaming on Linux.

        Thanks for the mini-review btw!

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          8 months ago

          Lighthouse tracking rocks, I’m never going back to constellation so in that regard it’s an upgrade. Misses in Beat Saber due to tracking errors do not happen. And inside-out is just garbage for anything but the actual head-tracking. My dad has a Quest.

          I sorely miss the low weight and ergonomics of the touch controllers. They were brilliant, and though it was more basic, their finger tracking could already do all that you’d want. I’ve not felt it worth the effort to replace the knuckles, unless I can match that.