It's not quite that you can't, but it's pretty hard and fiddly to get good transparent prints like you might be imagining. Best results are with resin printers, though you'd want to coat it with a skin-safe epoxy afterwards.
That said you could probably print a lot of cool covers for this controller -- just not transparent game-boy style ones without some fiddly post-processing work
The resin is a good idea…use the removed pieces to make a mold, pour and cure.
It would probably take a few attempts to get right, though if it is only a little off it can be filed down to fit over the buttons.
The handle only has to be “close enough”.
Generally yes, but when worn as daily jewelry against skin it seems to sometimes be sensitizing and some people appear to develop an allergic reaction over time.
I would suggest at least looking to resins which are tested to be biocompatible like Siraya Blu. And as someone who does this for a living, I'd still put a clear coat on human-use parts and check on that for wear over time just to be safe.
Would probably not want it to be transparent to infrared though. The LEDs on it are used for tracking and if they were shining through the transparent cover it would likely screw things up.
I had a thought regarding that - you know how silicon covers for the quest pro controllers leave holes for the cameras to see through? I could leave holes for the LEDs to get through. It’d take some prototyping to get the measurements *just right*, but I think it could be done?
I was curious if it would be possible to make super-light quest 2 controllers by replacing the outer shell with printed LW-PLA and replacing the battery with a smaller one.
I know AAA is smaller and lighter for the same voltage, so you could save a couple of grams
Maybe even more if you wired a coin cell in, but that might not have enough current output.
I don't get how people can just completely destroy their controllers and somehow they'll work perfectly fine but mine are in perfect condition and no longer track correctly they'll just suddenly lose tracking for a few seconds then resume tracking what the hell have I done wrong
At this point you are able to see its internal component... which is an invitation for you to understand, and once you understand the whole of it, you should efficiently integrate the controller into your hand as some integrated, embedded firmware software implementation within your mind... the point of which you no longer need a controller to communicate with the Quest, you can consciously think of pressing the button while having your hand in place to press the button.
At the same time, it might never happen because under some pressure from certain manufactures and traditional money-power pyramid technocrat totalitarian control they might not ever allow you to freely evolve such intuitively perfect control connection without first spending some 400k to get listed on their "advanced truly great and ergonomic technology subscriber board" so that they could convince themselves to turn a blind eye onto your evolution and technological advancement which is otherwise against their religious principles.
Not all the time. There is an AMA on here somewhere that an airline mechanic did and this topic came up and he confirmed duck tape is used alot. Too early in the morning and not enough time to find it right now. But I will look later and post the link.
You know it will work fine if you take all the plastic out of it. Probably have better tracking.
Think of all the places you can get in and out without a skeleton. Same applies here.
If I walked in on someone mid-craniotomy I might consider them to still be functional, but would I take them out of surgery and swing them around my head for an hour? Possibly not
I kinda like the look, although the handle might be a bit uncomfortable to hold for long. If you could find replacement parts for the missing covers, but that were completely transparent, that would be awesome!
Put some masking tape over it, you'll be fine.
wont that cover the ir thingies?
Does the plastic not cover the ir thingies?
The plastic covering the ir lights doesn't block ir the tape might depending on what its made of
I dont think tapes block ir lights. Correct me if I'm wrong
Depends if the material covering the IR lights are IR reflective or not, best to make sure.
ir transparent* but most probably absorb ir right?
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This would look cool with a transparent cover
I thought it was a transparent controller at first!
Same
Came here to say this. They left money on the table
No that's a quest controller
Happy cake day
Ideas you shouldn't say and copyright.
I’ve always wanted a 3D printer, maybe there’s a filament that cures to be transparent? Could make some cool body replacements on Etsy
It's not quite that you can't, but it's pretty hard and fiddly to get good transparent prints like you might be imagining. Best results are with resin printers, though you'd want to coat it with a skin-safe epoxy afterwards. That said you could probably print a lot of cool covers for this controller -- just not transparent game-boy style ones without some fiddly post-processing work
The resin is a good idea…use the removed pieces to make a mold, pour and cure. It would probably take a few attempts to get right, though if it is only a little off it can be filed down to fit over the buttons. The handle only has to be “close enough”.
Resin is completely safe when fully cured.
Generally yes, but when worn as daily jewelry against skin it seems to sometimes be sensitizing and some people appear to develop an allergic reaction over time. I would suggest at least looking to resins which are tested to be biocompatible like Siraya Blu. And as someone who does this for a living, I'd still put a clear coat on human-use parts and check on that for wear over time just to be safe.
Would probably not want it to be transparent to infrared though. The LEDs on it are used for tracking and if they were shining through the transparent cover it would likely screw things up.
I had a thought regarding that - you know how silicon covers for the quest pro controllers leave holes for the cameras to see through? I could leave holes for the LEDs to get through. It’d take some prototyping to get the measurements *just right*, but I think it could be done?
Try putting it in rice.
This is the way... It will attract the Asians to come fix it.
😂
If none of the boards and ribbon cables are damaged you’re fine. You can probably buy spare parts of Amazon or 3D print
I was curious if it would be possible to make super-light quest 2 controllers by replacing the outer shell with printed LW-PLA and replacing the battery with a smaller one.
Its an AA battery
I know AAA is smaller and lighter for the same voltage, so you could save a couple of grams Maybe even more if you wired a coin cell in, but that might not have enough current output.
might as well cut more weight and go with lithium AAA then.
I thought this was a really elaborate dBrand!
I don't think they sell those for controllers
I know that, Gump.
What the hell hapenned here?
Looks carefully disassembled.
Yeah but then whats the problem here? Cover gone?
I’m guessing there isn’t a problem and this is a shitpost
Screwed up the reassembly after a joystick replacement, got left with this. 🤷♂️
What exactly did you screw up?
Threw out all the casings
Whoops!
Do we WANT to know how you screwed up to the point where the case became unusable? 😂
You can’t mess it up. This did not happen
this sick fuck skinned his quest controller alive in the name of fashion
All I know is I want a clear shell controller now.
2001 game boy vibes
Sleeve playable, I'd call it Italian near mint.
I don't get how people can just completely destroy their controllers and somehow they'll work perfectly fine but mine are in perfect condition and no longer track correctly they'll just suddenly lose tracking for a few seconds then resume tracking what the hell have I done wrong
Damn now a want a clear controller
One question. How the hell did you manage to do that?!
t's nothing but a scratch, you are fine.
Ti's but a flesh wound
*Cyberpunk music on*
Just throw electrical tap on it and some sticky button pads and it’ll be fine.
I’d call it “refurbished”
I NEED TRANSPARENT QUEST 2 CONTROLLERS!!!
Guest controller
What did you do😧
At this point you are able to see its internal component... which is an invitation for you to understand, and once you understand the whole of it, you should efficiently integrate the controller into your hand as some integrated, embedded firmware software implementation within your mind... the point of which you no longer need a controller to communicate with the Quest, you can consciously think of pressing the button while having your hand in place to press the button. At the same time, it might never happen because under some pressure from certain manufactures and traditional money-power pyramid technocrat totalitarian control they might not ever allow you to freely evolve such intuitively perfect control connection without first spending some 400k to get listed on their "advanced truly great and ergonomic technology subscriber board" so that they could convince themselves to turn a blind eye onto your evolution and technological advancement which is otherwise against their religious principles.
Does it work? If so it's playable, how well or for how long I'm not sure.
3d print some parts
DUCK TAPE IT!! If Airlines can Duck Tape their planes and the plane flys, then you can Duck Tape your controller.
Planes use different tape. Regardless Duck Duct tape will work great here!
Not all the time. There is an AMA on here somewhere that an airline mechanic did and this topic came up and he confirmed duck tape is used alot. Too early in the morning and not enough time to find it right now. But I will look later and post the link.
both 🤷♂️
Thermoglue
You know it will work fine if you take all the plastic out of it. Probably have better tracking. Think of all the places you can get in and out without a skeleton. Same applies here.
til that there's electronics in the ring
Mint condition
I see you got that see through effect going on, i like it
I wouldn't use it with the electronics exposed.
it depends how good are you with working with resin.
It's weight reduction bruh. Totally playable
BROOOO
I know this is a joke but how did this happen?
No, it won't work without a battery.
Sir, why is it like that ?
When in a resource-constrained environment, if it shoots then load it up. Ain't gotta be pretty. - Anonymous drill sergeant
Did u get mad at your game???
youll be fine
WTF my bro got the new invisible cover plate for controllers 🤯🤯🤯
*when your in a small area playing gorn or blade and sorcery*
Just dont sweat
Bro stripped it like the millennium falcon.
If you put a clear mod that would be sick
assemble it again and good to go.
It’s got another year in it
Gorilla tag :(
hard
Looks fine to me
it ain’t got no gas in it
If everything works just wrap it in duct tape and use it like normal.
If I walked in on someone mid-craniotomy I might consider them to still be functional, but would I take them out of surgery and swing them around my head for an hour? Possibly not
with the brick design of quest stuff that's probly still 100% functional with a bit of drift.
i mean if you put a bandaid on it i’m sure it’ll be fine
It kinda looks more retro
Dude I don't even know where to begin with this, but I think it's fine. It's just skinned
Just wear gloves
not playable just "usable"
Woah now, stop making me want a transparent shell.
Someone needs to print transparent resin panels
Looks like a project for the resin people!
New controller also how did that even happen?
Nice weight reduction, should be really good for high bpm beatsaber maps
C3-PO, the EARLY, early years...
yea no
Looks like you just have to put it back together
How….. the ….. hell
It won't work because you're missing a battery.
Now create a clear acrylic mold of all the pieces you took off and create the coolest looking vr controller the world has ever seen
Have you tried Proton Experimental?
Cool skin
If it works it works...
how did you even achieve this
Buy a silicone cover controller case, itll be lil lose but itll be better than nada.
I need a D-brand skin of this now omg. I never thought the inside of the controller looks cooler than the inside of the headset
Just got a new one. Because of this reason
U can play but really be careful haha
I knew it was Emperial tech
Totally playable if you’re not a coward
FFS !
NAH
man that would look good with a clear case
Looks awesome. Very Cyberpunk. Like the old transparent Gameboy. Dang, I want one. Where's my hammer?
good lird.
Forst question: does it still work?
Would be cool to cover it with seethrough plastic
That thing looks like a degloved hand
Wtf did you do to it op?
r/thingscutinhalfporn
Does it work? Yes: you’re good. If I were you I’d look into a 3D printer tho No: good luck finding a new one at a normal price
Does it still works fine? I thought the ring of the controller is for optical tracking from the headset.
Does it work?
Someone needs to 3D print a clear cover. That’s insanely cool.
ever heard of the company nothing?...
Have you tried it?
𝑇𝑖𝑠𝑘 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ
Wow new product Nothing Quest 😂😂
took the crust off
Good god this sub is going to give me heart attack
https://preview.redd.it/1gydr9g2d2lc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd359bfcd287b338df223412fb6a2e5d0c2e7111 How about this one? 😅
How are you guys doing this, like really, really agressive beat saber?
How many people do this to their controllers and how
nah I'm curious now, how did you?
I kinda like the look, although the handle might be a bit uncomfortable to hold for long. If you could find replacement parts for the missing covers, but that were completely transparent, that would be awesome!
Average gorilla tag experience
Just put some diesel fuel in it and it should be fine
JerryRigEverything?
This shit lookin like a StarWars super star destroyer
Does it have stick drift? If not, then it should be fine, right? (I'm stupid)
Probably need a new one
I bought cover part for ring on aliexpress, i think other pieces also can be found
That is considered depressive
What is the grey foam looking part in the handle part?
One bead of sweat and your screwed
If you can't fix it with duct tape...
You can use it like that, looks fine to me
Looks perfectly functional to me
What do you mean, its more functional now
Here lies quest controler
‘tis but a scratch
better than Quest 3
What the hell did you do to your controller
It should give you an electrifying experience
What the hell.
Ngl would not test it
Buy a new case at Ali Express
If it works, it ain't broken
If you're brave enough to not get shocked by the battery, it's fine
I thought it was a Tron controller skin from the thumbnail.
Not gonna lie for a second it looked starwars themed to me 😂
Put a protective sleeve over it
Looks like mine
Looks awesome! Lol.
unsightreadable im so sorry
I thought this was a dbrand teardown skin at first. Turns out it's just a teardown. But please, dbrand, if you're watching...
Brother does it function?
Nice steampunk skin!!!
Dip it in epoxy and you'll be gtg. Pro-tip - don't actually do that.
Nah you good fr
Is this a meme?
If it was a design for the controller I'd say that's cool as shit but since it's not just be careful 😂
resin cast
New skin just dropped
Yeahh, that'll run for at least 2 more years. at LEAST.
Hide your shame!
How did this even happen? I’m genuinely curious.
dbrand skin moment
3D print some clear plastic, that would look sick
This is pretty much an average gorilla tag player's controller, completely playable, or else half the player base would've vanished by now
Def playable
Bro got the x-ray skin 💀
What did you even do to make it that bad, also what do you do when you need to change the batteries?
34hp left.
i guess you can use it, in theory
Probably has better tracking tbh