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Welcome to the SteamVR Knuckles Group

7 June - Lawrence

To gain access this community, you will need to set up the Knuckles controllers Valve sent you or your company. Once you've installed the Knuckles driver, you will be able to participate in the discussions. Only participants of the Knuckles hardware testing group be able to post in the discussions.

Our goals in seeding the developer community with these controllers is to give developers hands on experience with the new interactions that Knuckles offers. We hope that you all will start thinking about how your content can take advantage of these new interactions.

Knuckles Dev Kit Resources

Use these guides to get started with the Knuckles Dev Kit and learn about its capabilities.

Knuckles Quick Start - Learn how to set up and start using your Knuckles Dev Kit.
Knuckles Cap Sense Overview - Learn about the cap sense capabilities of the Knuckles Controllers and how to access them.
Remap Knuckles for Existing Content - Learn how to use existing content with the new cap-sense capability.
Knuckles Demo Scene - Zulubo (developer of Vertigo) created this demo scene and interaction system demonstrating the capabilities of Knuckles. Both the demo and source are available on GitHub.

We are also looking for developer feedback on the controllers themselves, as we continue to work on improving various aspects. Please use the Feedback forum to let us know what you think.

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6 Comments

JJ 11 Jul @ 5:19pm

I want the knuckles :(

Taurolyon 22 Jun @ 10:43am

"{LINK REMOVED}" -- hmm... filter going mad?

aleXtrm 22 Jun @ 10:15am

Another motivation to consider is other VR platforms: Oculus has more face buttons (and joystick which some prefer), the Windows MXR controllers will have both joysticks and touchpads, and even the PS Move has 5 face buttons (although lacking in the joystick/touchpad department). As a dev, this fractured controls environment makes it a headache trying to develop game mechanics that provide a great user experience on all platforms.

aleXtrm 22 Jun @ 10:15am

I agree with Godelbrot. Having just one face button is extremely limiting on the Vive controllers. Having an additional button on the knuckles (and as I saw on LG's controllers) is a step in the right direction, however it will create a fractured landscape, as devs will not be able to truly rely on it and only bind tertiary actions, as most users will likely be using the old Vive controllers. I doubt this late into development any major changes are possible, but I hope devs at Valve realize that we need more inputs, in particular joysticks. I understand Valve's sentiment that we should be using VR to move away from abstractions, however as VR apps get more complex, we will need more inputs to trigger user actions.

Gödelbrot 22 Jun @ 8:22am

it's looking good, for the final version I think it would be awesome to have a joystick and facebuttons so that it could have input parity with the Steam Controller

https://image.ibb.co/nDy9Sk/controller.png

A huge part of what interests me about VR is just standard every day Computing in VR, like Bigscreen or Virtual Desktop, so being able to control "legacy" games and desktop interfaces (which the Steam Controller CAN) would be a major plus in the final version.

Also Valve you better get going with your own version of Bigscreen or you stand to get your whole Platform undermined by something even more ubiquitous ;)

Bychop 22 Jun @ 6:14am

It looks fantastic!

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