The HP Reverb G2's motion controllers have also been redesigned

Best answer: The HP Reverb G2 VR head-mounted display (HMD) includes two redesigned Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers. Despite being designed with help from Valve, the Reverb G2 will not work with Valve's "Knuckles" motion controllers without some significant work.


Brand new HP VR: HP Reverb G2 ($600 at HP)
Premium motion controllers: Valve Index Controllers ($279 at Steam)


What's new with the HP Reverb G2's controllers?





Most of the HP Reverb G2's improvements focus on the HMD — higher-resolution display, new lenses, manual IPD adjustment, extra tracking sensors, and new headphones — but the motion controllers have also seen a redesign.

The original HP Reverb employed standard Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) controllers that fell behind the competition in a lot of categories. They did offer 6DoF (six degrees of freedom) tracking without the need for any external sensors, but the headset having just two built-in sensors did cause some spotty tracking.



The Reverb G...