Half-Life: Alyx launches March 2020

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the-pi-guy said:

SvennoJ said:

No I have not. But even when PSVR tracking works well there's still that feeling of disconnect and awkwardness. The move controllers are probably to blame for that. What I miss is when you manipulate objects in real life with both hands at the same time. Turning something over in VR becomes an exercise in trying to bend your wrist in ways that don't work. Simply having your other hand assist is very difficult in VR. Perhaps the index controllers solve that by providing finger tracking (if they do that). The human hand is such a complex tool that a simple grab / let go state is not getting anywhere near intuitive handling of objects.

Anyway I'm very curious to see how it turns out. For now I've gone back to preferring a controller over motion controls, except for beat saber. I finally got the setup good enough to get the platinum trophy! Placing the camera a foot higher suddenly increased my scores enough to get SS ranking. So finicky!

>The move controllers are probably to blame for that.

Probably.  I don't really have that experience with the Touch controllers.

>providing finger tracking (if they do that)

They do finger tracking and pressure measuring.

These are all from when they showed Boneworks to someone using the Index controllers.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/UglySomeAntarcticgiantpetrel-mobile.mp4

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MemorableYoungAlbatross-mobile.mp4

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SaneRepentantAnchovy-mobile.mp4

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/QuaintWiltedGermanspitz-mobile.mp4

The Touch controllers are good, and the Index controllers are a league ahead of them.

Seeing that recent clip of behind the scenes for Alyx, those Index controllers look like the best on the market right now. The amount of dexterity you get and see from them on-screen just looks all kinds of fantastic (slow-mo scene of reloading the rifle is also kickass too).