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• FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nah, while the Index controllers were awesome, the potentiometer used for the thumbsticks were total garbage and break super easy. I’m so ready for a tmr (magnetic thumbsticks) fix.

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Apparently the thumbsticks were actually shite? Mine never went out, but I’ve heard from other people.

    I think what they meant was the actual tracking of the headset and controllers, since the index used base stations PLUS accelerometers, giving them VERY precise location and movement. Whereas the frame controllers seem to be only inside-out optical, maybe with accelerometers?

    We will have to wait and see. With them being better or worse than the index, we’ll have to wait and see. I’m still excited.

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    • FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yup i have 3 base stations, but i also found even with covering all reflective sources, you can suddenly lose tracking for no apparent reason and often made some games annoying to play. I hope the inside out tracking isn’t worse, too bad they didn’t add some backward compatibility for those who still have base stations.

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      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah we can only hope it’s going to be better, each type has their pros and cons, but Valve is also known to innovate, so… Cross your fingers I guess

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• artyom@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can still buy and use the original base stations and they should work with the new headset.

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  • FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t think this is true, they use different tracking technology.

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