But Valves not a manufacturing company. It’s primarily a software company. Index and Knuckles are running off new production lines not ones that switched from one model to the next. I’m sure they’ll get better at it with time.
They are a company which now sell hardware so should act like a competent one.
People being without knuckles for 4 months is inexcusable.
The Index will continue to sell well for a LONG time with no price cut in sight since its still unreleased to a lot of the world.
I don't really judge the Index by if its sold out though, as its all a bit hush hush as to how many sets they're actually manufacturing. I personally guess Valve have kept it quite tight to minimise risk.
Go to the valve index reddit. there are TONNES of people who've been without their controllers for huge time periods. this inconsistency in customer service is not good enough for a premium product IMO.
Their whole subreddit is basically just hardware issues.
I hope the teething problems are gone now as I'll be putting in my order soon-ish. I was advised by the reddit not to buy the full kit incase you get sent a duff old one.
I love the colours on the Index in this comparison.
I think there may be a flaw in the Steam survey. A work colleague said that he took part in the most recent one and it showed his index, but it wasn't physically connected to the pc. Does the survey scan for installed drivers?
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VRCover's replacement foam and covers became essential purchases for my Vive. The Index is in a different league in terms of comfort compared to the Vive, I'm not sure why we need these? Replacement foams are (sometimes) available from Valve, the FOV is maximised by the eye relief dial and the supplied foam feels very nice on the skin. Only thing I can think of is I'm still not sure how we wash the Index foam even though its easily removed. The VR Covers are comfortable and machine washable.
If you are serious and have never seen the film you should. Music is good too (if you like late 70s early 80s metal like Dio or Black Sabbath) . I used to have their album which was inexplicably NOT called "smell the glove" like in the film
I've kind of lost track of what's going on with the Knuckles controllers, are they worth considering to upgrade from the original Vive wands or is it still better to wait while they sort out hardware issues?
I've kind of lost track of what's going on with the Knuckles controllers, are they worth considering to upgrade from the original Vive wands or is it still better to wait while they sort out hardware issues?
The only outstanding issue is the joystick depress, with a mixture of reports claiming this may have been quietly resolved.
Mine don't click. I'm not a big fan of FPS VR games and it's never yet bothered me.
Knuckles are a massive improvement over the Vive wands. The wands are so outdated now the Knuckles are pretty much an essential purchase for upcoming games IMO. They ain't cheap though!
Edit: might also be some thumbstick drift but it's not something I've experienced over two sets of Knuckles.
That's alarming for the price you're on a second set and think they might fail again. I'm not remotely bothered about Alyx sounds like it's worth waiting a while.
That's alarming for the price you're on a second set and think they might fail again. I'm not remotely bothered about Alyx sounds like it's worth waiting a while.
I'm not scared of defects, it's just I expect when spending nearly 300 pounds on hardware it actually works reliably which I don't think is unreasonable.