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Nyah Oct 22, 2021 @ 6:20am

What is it for?

Hey!
Can someone explain me what those are for?

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theringmaster55 Oct 22, 2021 @ 6:54am

It's to track the headset's movement. The base stations use LEDs to track the headset. You need at least 2 to track the VR headset.

Nyah Oct 22, 2021 @ 6:58am

okidoki :) thank you !

theringmaster55 Oct 22, 2021 @ 7:25am

Originally posted by Nyah:
okidoki :) thank you !

Forgot to say as well that the base stations track the controllers as they are wireless but I might be wrong.

NuLife Oct 22, 2021 @ 12:59pm

Yer they track them, i only have 2 and my controller likes to slide of at times, so waiting on getting 2 more, even one would be nice, but i'm waiting for steam to get them back in stock

theringmaster55 Oct 22, 2021 @ 1:14pm

Originally posted by NuLife:
Yer they track them, i only have 2 and my controller likes to slide of at times, so waiting on getting 2 more, even one would be nice, but i'm waiting for steam to get them back in stock

I don't think they will go back in stock anytime soon on steam. It hasn't been in stock for a while and there must be some sort of reason behind it.

Nyah Oct 22, 2021 @ 1:16pm

maybe the chip shortage?

lastberserker Oct 22, 2021 @ 11:45pm

Originally posted by Nyah:
maybe the chip shortage?

Which mysteriously does not affect HTC selling the _exact_ same hardware with _exact_ same chip, but with shorter wire and no mount and for $50 extra.

PopinFRESH Feb 6, 2022 @ 6:02pm

Originally posted by lastberserker:
Originally posted by Nyah:
maybe the chip shortage?

Which mysteriously does not affect HTC selling the _exact_ same hardware with _exact_ same chip, but with shorter wire and no mount and for $50 extra.

Its not the "_exact_" same hardware. HTC manufactures their own lighthouse base stations. It is the same technology and design but they are HTC parts. They are two different companies with significantly different manufacturing relationships and Valve is largely focused delivering Steam Deck and as such have likely shifted production capacity toward that. Varjo's stock of basestations I believe is Valve manufactured parts but I haven't gotten anyone who have ordered basestations from Varjo to confirm.

I stand corrected, they are in fact the exact same hardware now. Also the ones from Varjo do also appear to be Valve manufactured parts, including the power cables/brick, just marked up $100

This means its probably a lot less mysterious, as HTC and Varjo are probably purchasing the bulk of Valve's manufacturing capacity for them with Valve only retaining enough to fill the HMD + Basestation and Full kits.

Last edited by PopinFRESH; Feb 6, 2022 @ 9:29pm