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Got the Razer Hydra. What am I doing wrong?
So my Hydra came today and I can't get any demos to work. With the Tron FPS game I get the left hand to move very well, but as soon as I press start on the right controller the camera goes wild. It us...
I'm thinking it takes practice.
You can sort of move it around as though it's a real pair of hands, but not quite. - The tuscany demo in particular is quite glitchy.
And from playing around with it, I found there's really no feedback as to whether you're close enough to something to grab it or not. - The hydra has no kind of physical feedback, and they didn't implement any real visual feedback either to tell you what, if anything you might be able to pick up.
I've heard it said that the depth perception you get with a rift makes it easier to judge where the hands are. Which makes sense.
I guess that's a game design issue though; - I've seen a lot of games highlight objects you can use if you press an action key for the very reason that you otherwise have to guess what will happen.
Despite it's age, the hydra has seen very little actual use in games, so I guess it's still in the realms where developers haven't completely thought through all the implications of it yet.
You can sort of move it around as though it's a real pair of hands, but not quite. - The tuscany demo in particular is quite glitchy.
And from playing around with it, I found there's really no feedback as to whether you're close enough to something to grab it or not. - The hydra has no kind of physical feedback, and they didn't implement any real visual feedback either to tell you what, if anything you might be able to pick up.
I've heard it said that the depth perception you get with a rift makes it easier to judge where the hands are. Which makes sense.
I guess that's a game design issue though; - I've seen a lot of games highlight objects you can use if you press an action key for the very reason that you otherwise have to guess what will happen.
Despite it's age, the hydra has seen very little actual use in games, so I guess it's still in the realms where developers haven't completely thought through all the implications of it yet.