You can upgrade your HTC Vive controllers to the Valve Index controllers, but the hardware is still incompatible with the Oculus Touch controllers. HTC, Valve, and a few other manufacturers support a more open external base station outside-in tracking solution, but you're still stuck in that particular ecosystem. If you want to upgrade your Quest 2's Oculus Touch controllers, your only option is go for the Oculus Touch Pro controllers. Oculus and Windows Mixed Reality headsets leverage cheap inside-out tracking, but these headsets are typically only compatible with accessories made by that manufacturer. When purchasing a VR headset, you need to make a decision about which hardware ecosystem you want to play in.
Welcome to one of those oddly-specific internet guides! Before we jump into the tutorial, let's take a brief moment to discuss how we got here and why someone would want to bridge this particular arrangement of virtual reality technology.
