Whats the general preference? TrackIR/Oculus

Memnoch

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Elenoe said:
OR and sixense device. Will see how STEM works. Looks really weird (stems not in hand, strange buttons placement). Or hydra at worst.
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If you just wanted location information you could just hold one of the STEMS in your hand connected to a STEM Pack.

STEM = The positional tracker
STEM Controller = The two joysticks
STEM Pack = Battery pack

The STEM can be inserted into either the controller or the STEM pack so you could do just what you describe, maybe a STEM connected to a Velcro strap so that it sits on the back of your hand for instance.
 

Elenoe

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yup, I know. But unlike Hydra, with STEM controller the STEM unit is not actually in your hand, but quite distant, "out of y axis". If I rotate my fist around y-axis, the STEM in the controller doesn't just rotate but make like 10cm movement in space. That quite worries me. As it is not that precise or the manipulation grasp will be off.

With Hydra you keep the unit in your hand so rotation seems more accurate. That does much more sense to me.
 

Memnoch

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Perhaps they can compensate for that, knowing exactly where your hand is because you are holding it in a known way i.e. by the handle.
 

Karl

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Of the two, TrackIR for me, mostly because I need to be able to see my ashtray :p I've tried OR, and while it looks promising, I'm skeptical (especially wrt resolution) until a final version is out there.

But most likely I'm just gonna play using mouse and keyboard on a regular 30" monitor. TrackIR almost worked well in flightsim, but I haven't been able to accustomize (?) myself with it for any other games I play.
 

Jezzah

Jezzah
Ohhh Karl :)

Ya cant be smoking in your PC room - all that claggy ciggy smoke in yer fans and such!

- I smoke myself but outside!

Totally get what your saying though about situation awareness of Track IR over the Rift though.
 

jabokai

jabokai
Jezzah said:
Totally get what your saying though about situation awareness of Track IR over the Rift though.
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Well, that's kind of the whole point of VR - your situational awareness is all about the world your screen is showing you, not the real one! ;) It wouldn't be the all-encompassing experience if your real environment intruded too much.

Of course, real life is real life and people need to find their keyboards, not spill their coffee all over their desk, etc. I'm fairly confident the final product will have a solution (such as customising the "bad fit" gap that already exists at the bottom of the Rift and making it an adjustable feature, or cameras on the back of the Rift to enable a "see through" mode).
 
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