Valve Index

[...] I bought into VR in the 2015 era. [...] Even when I play VR now with my Valve Index, I tend to play sitting VR like VTOL VR for ease because I don't enjoy walking around essentially blind anymore. [...] VR games need to give up on joystick movement and start thinking about how to increase player comfort either by going back to roomscale so your virtual and physical movements are joined or the tried-and-true casting movement. [...] I would love to spend my money on one but with them being, I think, a year past their self-imposed deadline with early production headsets not having the retro-futuristic look they sold but now looking like a boring Quest clone... [...]

You have to admit that the promise of true pass-through capabilities have been achieved with the Quest 3 (e.g., watch YouTube videos in a screen overlaying your vision while doing laundry), and that Apple's solution promises to finally make VR something that can work for general purpose computing. Not that I don't agree with you, as someone who sold my Valve Index. I consider it to be a technology that takes a wild amount of development money and technology to basically take solved problems and put them in an interesting perspective in front of your face. [...]

I just want to clarify for others reading that the resolution is really mainly limited by your PC hardware, NOT VR headsets. As in, it's totally possible to have completely clear text on DCS screens and labels even with an older lower res headset like the Valve Index, as long as you render the game at a sufficiently high resolution (via SteamVR settings or similar). Just wanted to point this out, since a lot of folks aren't aware how drastically increasing the render resolution (even far past the native HMD panel resolution) affects image clarity.

That's pretty much exactly the logic that got me to buy a Valve Index + Half Life Alyx and it was totally worth it. [...]

[...] Initially I got a strong sense of de-realization / depersonalization after getting out of the digital world (i.e. [...] And btw, I run all of this on (arch) linux, on a Valve Index kit, using both SteamVR and OpenXR through Envision (Monado). [...]

[...] The thing that always held it back for me was the obvious screen door effect and the isolation of these headsets. [...] The AR mode on the Valve Index is awful, but also really cool. [...] And a lack of screen door effect makes it viable for real productivity use cases.

[...] Plenty of higher technology products fail when simple and cheap solutions compete with them. [...] I used to own a VR headset, a Valve Index. [...] Battery life. [...]

I use a Valve Index still. [...] But I've had random things fail on my previous ones that make me question their durability. [...]

[...] "While we plan to offer lenses for the Air 2, its updated frame design makes self-assembly of the lenses too difficult" If where we lived in a fantasy world where everyone had a 10Gbit connections, perfect eyeballs. [...] My Valve Index is sitting untouched behind me. I bought this in 2021, Why can't companies offer a version for those with a prescription? [...]

one of my Valve Index VR Base Stations died tonight and I put in a ticket, but I've had my Index for 6 years so I'm not hopeful for a repair or replacement, I can play with one but another via Vive will be $200 if anyone wanted to help my commissions are open or if you have a spare DM me!

i was having issues with my valve index that i bought in 2017 and when i msged support they told me it was out of warranty but they'd send me a courtesy replacement cable (normally $130) and it fixed everything, so thank you valve

[...] I bought a Valve Index. [...] But then I sold it about 6 months later because, meh, it's just not something that was practical and usable frequently enough. So right now we have basically ideal headsets Meta Quest 3/3S which are excellent, dirt cheap, lightweight, and have a large software catalog but they still struggle to retain users and grow the market. [...]

It is frustrating, because I really enjoyed my Valve Index and want a replacement and Meta has some of the best VR tech in the world, but I've waited 6 years for Valve to release their new headset to buy a replacement, simply because Meta can't be trusted.

watching a movie in VR networked with other people is something i did 3 years ago with the valve index, and yes it was immersive and enjoyable. This isnt unique to apple vision, we should all realize that.

[...] If the hardware can make it comfortable to read text, browse, and do general tasks for an hour or more at a time, I'll start to understand what their grand design is to capture whatever part of the market I inhabit. [...] My internal resistance stems from both comfort and ease of operating it for general compute outside of games. I have a Valve Index and have had some delightful experiences with it, but there's a big gap to jump into "routine" daily driver territory in my mind.

I've had a HTC Vive, Quest 2, and the Valve Index. [...] I never felt that way about any of the other headsets I own.

[...] I did for my Valve Index, which I've used twice and are now sitting in a box. [...]

Yeah, I've been Linux-only on the desktop since the early aughts and trying to get the Valve Index working was so frustrating and inconsistent I eventually gave up. It sits collecting dust and I've still never played more than the first fifteen minutes of HL: Alyx (because no game is worth installing Windows for). Very much looking forward to maybe actually being able to use VR on my gaming computer.

I have the Valve Index and had to buy prescription lenses to put inside to allow me to play without my glasses. The first company to have auto adjustment lenses to my eye sight will get my money. [...]

The nice thing about AR/VR is that a better version will always come out in a couple of years so you can always wait. I love VR as a concept and some years late I bought a Valve Index and am considering a Bigscreen 2 but really the best thing to do is always wait.

Counterpoint: things like the Valve Index for VR simply don't behave well in this environment no matter how much I've worked on getting it there. [...] I did linux from scratch on a Pentium 2 when I was 12. [...]

[...] Valve Index. [...] And yes, they're -ing expensive. And they probably require an even more expensive video card (i have a 4060 now and i'm not willing to pay more than that for pretty poligons). [...]

[...] I've been working twenty years in IT. [...] I have a Valve Index gathering dust. [...] I'm not sorry for being cynical when all I've seen the past fifteen years of promises given to me which have been broken every time. [...] I'm more unhappy with an latest iPhone than I have ever been, I can't even listen to music without requiring to own Bluetooth headphones. [...]

Well, I got Monado and libsurvive running some time ago (Valve Index, X11, Nvidia), even for Beat Saber. [...] Also the FoV was wrong, it felt like a vignette around the screen edges, a good bit narrower than in SteamVR. Oh yeah, and the latest version did not build for me, used a previous one. Performance, especially in Beat Saber, was great and better than SteamVR! [...]

Valve Index. [...] This is the rabbit hole I went down (to be clear: SteamVR, specifically the compositor, is completely broken). [...]

In your case, with an RX 590, do NOT buy an expensive x3D processor expecting any improvement. I upgraded from an RX580 (using an original HTC Vive) to an RX 5700xt (and a valve Index) and that's the position you are in. [...]

Used to use VFIO, had everything working but spent endless hours trying to solve tracking issues with my valve index. [...]

It's quite memorable in VR as well! If you get the chance I highly recommend playing HL Alyx with a valve index setup. It was on par with my first playthrough of the original HL so many years ago.

I think VR is missing its killer app generally so useful that it makes the experience worth it. I think the tech is so new that we’re all collectively barely scratching the surface on what the medium could be. [...] A warehouse with robots could lend itself to management software that could benefit from occasionally putting on a headset and commanding a tiny fleet of drones. [...] I’ve gone through Unity’s VR training (170 had completed at time of taking) and my personal project was a helms deep style tower defense game, which I loaded up on my valve index through a web browser (pre webGPU support). [...] If I wanted to explore XR/VR apps as a developer with more of my daily time, how might I capitalize enough to support myself and one or more families worth of people who can work as collaborators? [...]

I've used the Valve Index before, it's a great experience but not something that I found to be groundbreaking or life-changing.

I have a Valve Index and I absolutely love Beat-saber, Half-Life: Alyx and Arizona Sunshine. Valve’s new headset looks nice but I don’t know if I have used it enough to justify the price.

I'm in the US and I ordered lenses for my valve index from VR Optician years ago. [...] I also ordered again a few years later because my prescription had changed. [...]

My Lifetime total is 499,696. I own the original Valve Index + extra base towers + Extra set of controllers. That alone was worth...that was worth over 100k points.

It's 2026, I own a Valve Index VR headset, and I STILL can't play Virtual Boy games in 3D?

I have a Valve Index, which is my daily driver. The Quest served as a backup when traveling or when my Index was down for repairs.

I got my first VR headset, a valve index, at some point in 2023. [...]

soooooo i bought a valve index and full body trackers :D no more falling apart oculus rift and janky kinect tracking soon

I really wish the Valve index I bought would work with Linux already instead of being a $700 paperweight :))))))

When the Steam controller was discounted while supplies lasted, it dropped to a measly $15. Now I'd never expect a Valve index to drop that low, but gee wiz I got my expectations a bit high when I clicked that link. The fool is me.

Being able to play without a bunch of setup in your room and without worrying about getting tangled in cables seems great. I have a Valve Index—which is a pretty remarkable device, that I definitely enjoyed—but the hassle of cable management/etc adds some real hassle. And I say this as somebody who actually set up a pulley system to make it work better in my home office :P

[...] I've dusted out my old Valve Index tuesday so my kids could try The Lab. [...] Also the headset is too heavy for them and not easy to adjust, and I had to hold the cable so they don't trip over it. [...]

I'm disappointed it seems to have dropped lighthouse tracking with the previous Valve Index. Especially because with the Valve Knuckles controllers are my favorite with how they strap to your hand.

[...] I hear the Valve Index is also pretty good. But VR is just so dang expensive.

VR headset with Valve Index controllers ($1200 total) It was cool initially and Half Life Alyx was a great game, but overall it wasn’t worth the money with how little I use it and how many issues there are with VR and VR games.

Speaking from my experience (a lot of DCS, 10s of hours in VTOL VR, couple hours in MSFS2020, all in VR), if you have HOTAS controllers, it feels natural to use them, without seeing them. Actually, my biggest grip with VTOL VR is the fact that the developer is hellbent on using vr controllers instead of joystick and throttle, which even with the best tracking (valve index) is miles away from precision of a good hotas

there's little lasting value. [...] I do think we need lighter cooler headsets (at least compared to valve index) for longer play sessions. [...]

Have had several VR headsets, ranging from a Vuzix way back in the day to the Valve Index and Q3. This is the first one where I have actively OPTED to use for something other than gaming. The one thing I’ll knock is that other devices I’ve owned have been more comfortable (notably the Valve Index, which out of the box has had the best comfort of any device I’ve had, although I cannot use it lying down/on the couch because the head strap is so bulky).

I bought the Oculus Dk1 Cv1 and Valve Index. [...]

took 12 hours to troubleshoot a valve index but hey i got it working

i love setting up valve index on linux!!! yay!!! (i think the cable is shot i bought it used soo)