Hand tracking support for Meta Quest

[thorn slate]

We have this

Its a branch in the Quest that you can select

[peak coral]

i dont see a way to install other branches on the store page

[thorn slate]

You can switch to it in ur apps

3 dots i think

@craggy needle help a Nate out pls

[craggy needle]

woah

thats oddly racist.

[thorn slate]

shame on a moth I guess

[craggy needle]

xddd

[craggy needle]

yeh

[craggy needle]

go to th library shit

hover over the app click the 3 dots

idk the rest. but u can prob figure it out easily

just click around bro xdd

the hardest step is finding those 3 dots in the first place everything else should be self explanatory

[peak coral]

okay wow that is really buried but i found the beta thanks xD

[craggy needle]

yeah

[peak coral]

okay then how about this:

let me hold virtual drum sticks within the handtracking mode ;-;

i wanna air drum with no meta controllers required

dude those get heavy; literally heavier than the sticks

gotta put AA's in those bitches

[thorn slate]

How would you possibly imagine tracking that?

At THOSE speeds.

[peak coral]

very carefully

[thorn slate]

With what

[peak coral]

meta quest 3

[thorn slate]

lol

[peak coral]

that is already tracking my hands

[thorn slate]

You are swinging your hands fast

[craggy needle]

uh yeah ofc

[peak coral]

could be better than those air drum sticks that are way too expensive

[craggy needle]

anyway

i've air drummed before

theres another game that allows it

you dont want this

even if you're slow

it litreally doesnt work

u cant keep a tempo u cant play a beat

[peak coral]

a man can dream

hand tracking tech will get better over time 👀

maybe just not in the quest 3

who wants to buy a vision pro?!

ET you could label it as a business expense on your taxes think about it

[craggy needle]

idk if dat shi would help

[peak coral]

only one way to find out

...someone needs to port paradiddle to the vision pro is what im getting at

[craggy needle]

bruh 💀

[peak coral]

im looking into some of those things where you can house a AAA battery into a AA-sized shell

that would definitely help weight

but id need to charge batteries more

[craggy needle]

eh

[peak coral]

AAA batteries weigh less than AA batteries

[craggy needle]

is that shi rlly gon be noticeable idk

[peak coral]

yea

[craggy needle]

thats so god damn true my friend

but me personally it almost dont matter if theres a bettery or not in my shi

[peak coral]

sticks have weight preferences too

[craggy needle]

ngl we having a whole ass CHAT in this random ass suggestions space

[peak coral]

and im sure the weight difference is much more minimal

[craggy needle]

oh well true

[peak coral]

but i there's a big difference - i get tired out a lot faster playing air drums on the quest controllers vs my real ekit

[craggy needle]

so its true..

shadowboxing is harder than just actually playing..

[peak coral]

the controllers are also a bit top heavy which throws me off, one of the reasons i want to extend my index finger out

[craggy needle]

so interesting to hear about problems i never thought abt cuz its just all i know

[peak coral]

i did notice you can change the position of your virtual sticks in the beta, maybe i could flip them upside down and hold the controllers the same way

[craggy needle]

most terrible idea i ever hread

don do dat

sadly the tracking only works proeprly if u hold them like ur supposed to

if u try ANY trick at all

ur fucked

[peak coral]

This feels right

[craggy needle]

No.

No my Good Sir.

Delet this Bradar.

[peak coral]

im sure the tracking wont suffer at all

[craggy needle]

try it xdd

[peak coral]

shit i was being mostly sarcastic but it actually works really well lmao

fuck i may actually start holding my controllers upside down what have i become

no but seriously that makes the weight feel so much better

the tracking honestly doesnt feel compromised

defintely wouldnt work well for quest 2 though lol

[craggy needle]

wtf xdd

[craggy needle]

crazy

[peak coral]

okay after play testing a bit more, holding your meta quest 3 controllers normally is like 99.9% accurate whereas holding them upside down is like 95% accurate... that 5% difference is enough to say its not worth it in the long run

[delicate terrace]

regarding using hand tracking for sticks - we tried a version of this where you could hit the drums with your hands, but it's way too slow for any sort of percussion instrument where your hands can move back and forth quite fast. ultimately we decided not to add that in because I've seen a lot of instances where users will think it's the app's fault the hand tracking isn't good enough, rather than an issue with the vr platform itself. also the lagginess made it not fun at all 😄

[peak coral]

Makes sense. Technology just isn't there yet

Hand tracking works well in the beta for menu navigations 👍

[delicate terrace]

You mean in the "hand tracking" release channel on quest right? Not the "beta" channel?

[peak coral]

Right