[Vive Cosmos & Beat Saber]

On 10/1/2019 at 2:31 PM, Melibellule said:

Hi all !
You can read all sorts of contradictory information on the internet.
Is the Cosmos optimal for playing Beat Saber, especially tracking ? And the weight of the controllers ? I have pre-ordered the Cosmos, but I'm getting a little scared. T_T
 

@stvnxu

NO. DO NOT buy a Sosmos if you want to play Beat Saber or any game where poor tracking will affect you. 
I made that mistake and now I'm ion the hole by $700 thanks to HTC's dishonest marketing of their awful product. 

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On 1/6/2020 at 11:26 AM, stvnxu said:

@groslala,

We have not publicly released an official date for the Cosmos External Tracking Faceplate yet. Currently our website states " *VIVE Cosmos External Tracking Faceplate sold separately."

I'll share your idea with our sales / product team in case.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Steve

Are you actually going to fix the terrible tracking on the Cosmos controllers or do you seriously expect people to pay you $700 for a system that doesn't work properly and then happily hand over several hundred more just to get basic tracking functionality? Why would anyone do that as opposed to just, you know, buying the superior Valve Index? 

[Tracking is abysmal.]

I've noticed this too. HTC released a defective product under the (wrong) assumption that "some computer whizz kid can just make software to patch our hardware."
The Cosmos is like what I'd expect from having a bunch of boomers who never play games in charge of the R&D - they improved every aspect BUT the most important thing - game play performance. 

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On 12/18/2019 at 10:32 PM, TomCgcmfc said:

Ya, free SteamVR faceplates for everyone would be nice. 

Considering the Cosmos' controller tracking is totally defective, this should be a free upgrade. Otherwise HTC are basically saiying "Hey, remember how we lied to you and ripped you off lol? Well pay us hundreds of dollars to fix that for you! 😄❤️" 
Like, shit, at that point there's 0 reason to not just get the Valve Index which, unlike the Cosmos, isn't broken out f the box.