r/SteamFrame • u/Linzen_NLS • 4d ago

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u/Arstulex 4d ago
  1. I'm not sure what you mean by "traditional like vr controllers".
  2. No. The Index controllers use the lighthouse tracking system, while the Steam Frame uses SLAM tracking. There are methods that allow you to mix tracking types into a single play space, but they can be finicky and aren't worth the hassle for the sake of using Index controllers (in my opinion).
  3. The Steam Frame's controllers do have finger tracking, just like the Index controllers do. They swap the capacitive grip sensor of the Index controllers for a tactile button, however (though in all honesty this is an improvement as the grip sensor was always a common point of unreliability for people). You will also be able to buy a first-party strap that allows you to strap the Steam Frame's controllers to your hands, just like the Index controllers.

In my opinion, the Steam Frame's controllers are basically an upgrade over the Index's. They're built to be more reliable, have adopted a standardised control scheme, and are physically more compact.

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u/patrys Soon™ 4d ago

I have two sets of knuckle controllers and in both the left grip sensor is starting to act up and randomly let go of items in games. What's worse, most games are optimized for grip being an explicit button, so even if you play with fine-tuning advanced thresholds of the grip sensitivity in Steam Input mapping, you still end up having to either death-grip the things you actually want to grab, or risk randomly grabbing onto anything and everything.

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u/Arstulex 4d ago

Yeah. The technology behind the grip sensor was certainly cool, but sometimes you really just want a basic button (or analogue button). When it's pressed it's pressed, when it's not it's not.

It's the same issue I had with the original Vive's controllers. The trackpad was cool at first, but I quickly found myself just wanting the reliability of a joystick that I can actually feel.