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Oculus Touch - VR controller for the Oculus Rift headset (shipping H1 2016)

jett

D-Member
Sensors inside the ring is what it appears.



It just seems like they won't be ready in time for launch.

But...how is it going to work? Luckey specifically mentioned waving, but to wave you would have to let go of the thing.
 

Apathy

Member
If it's not packed in, then they should consider it dead. Very few people will go out of their way to get this.
 

Kyuur

Member
It's a shame they couldn't get this ready to be packaged with CV1. I'm sure it will be packaged in with future versions though.
 

Lionheart

Member
Is this confirmed information?
I'd find it really strange if they'd pack in the Xbox controller AND the Touch controllers. What could be the added benefit of packing in both? The ability to play classic non VR games that people can already play with KB/M or their own controller?

Plus it adds extra costs to the entry price and competition from Valve (and Sony?) is strong.
 

PensOwl

Banned
I think they will ship at the same time, but sold separately.

What do you mean 6 less buttons?

Well it seems to have all the same buttons as a traditional controller except the dpad and start/select.

The start/select thing is more interesting to me, because most games need a pause screen or inventory of some sort, and those buttons are generally placed out of the way since menu is not as urgent an action as jump or attack. It probably won't be an issue, I'm just thinking about the how not explicitly made for VR games will fare.
 

Sciz

Member
A demo would've been nice, but if we learned anything about motion controls last gen, it's that showing them off on stage is a recipe for disaster. Making the first public look at it a hands-on experience is absolutely the way to go for good PR.
 
Remember the rumoured breakaway dualshock??? That's what this reminds me of ( although more refined)

I hope Sony revise the move to something more functional like this, which I'm sure they will.
 

megalowho

Member
This looks cool and interesting. Conference as a whole was a bit deflating but at least we're starting to get some more input solutions for developers to think about building around.

Hoping to see more of a standardized input between Valve, Sony and Oculus once everyone figures out what works well and what doesn't. The more fragmentation there is in the early days of VR, both from a hardware and software perspective, the more convoluted things get for developers and audiences alike.
 
Luckey said:
Oculus Touch will be shipping H1 2016 - Preorders will open alongside the Rift.

Ugh, bad idea, this confirms they aren't included in the Rift. I suppose the idea is to reduce the price of the HMD for non-gamers but... they included the Xbox One controller.

And this way devs won't be sure of every Rift owner having a Touch.
 
It looks cool, but not bundling it with the Rift could create fragmentation, at least for the developers, I think.

Hopefully they will bundle this with the Rift later on.
 

Pandy

Member
Competely okay that they used a similar design to the nunchuck. That thing is super light and comfy to hold.
Yup, looks exactly like a nunchuck with a couple of extra bits stapled on to it. Should be pretty good in the hands of talented developers, for at least a couple of core game-types. I dread the inevitable wave of VR games/experiences with truly awful controls, though.

EDIT: I missed that they weren't included. Pretty big mistake if they want to push these as a VR standard, really puts uptake in the hands of devs who might easily adopt other devices.
 
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This picture is poison to a non-enthusiast.
 
Why this thread, which contains the important novelty of the conference, have only 2 pages, and the one with that nice little optional feature (streaming xbox to a virtual cinema) is 10 pages long?



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Console wars are the worst.
 

sankt-Antonio

:^)--?-<
Why this thread, which contains the important novelty of the conference, have only 2 pages, and the one with that nice little optional feature (streaming xbox to a virtual cinema) is 10 pages long?



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Console wars are the worst.

Its a slightly different Move controller. Ball turned into a ring. There is nothing exiting about it.
 
Why this thread, which contains the important novelty of the conference, have only 2 pages, and the one with that nice little optional feature (streaming xbox to a virtual cinema) is 10 pages long?



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Console wars are the worst.
It might be the important novelty but it's less interesting than:

-Palmer Luckey's socks/sandals combo
-the Xbox One controller pack in
-playing an Xbone game streamed to a PC piped through a Rift so you appear to be in the world's blandest virtual living room
-that cool looking Insomniac game
 

Dr. Kaos

Banned
they look great

anyone complaining about "too few buttons" need to remember all the actions you can do with these that usually requires buttons, that can be made so much more intuitive just by hand positioning and finger gestures [...]

this is cool

Yeah, exactly. each hand gets 2 normal buttons (x, y, a, b) and two triggers (R1, R2, L1, L2) .

AND you get your right stick which is equivalent to 4 buttons, that is not needed for camera anymore.

The button situation is just fine.

The controller looks super-comfy and light. Finger detection as the secret killer feature is very neat but it has limitations, since you must use some fingers to grab the controller, lest if falls to the ground.

Obviously, it should've been bundled with it but they got delayed. New Oculus bundles will come out, so it shouldn't be TOO bad. Def' not ideal though...
 

hesido

Member
I warned Sony in 2010 god damn it.

p8awj45.jpg

http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/03/24/did-sony-really-need-the-sub-controller/

They screwed big time with cost reduction measures for the move. Very stupid decision. (Their reasoning was something like "you wouldn't be able to use the analog when flailing your arms anyway.".. So not true.. Like rumble was last gen..)

Edit: Oh, at the time, I wasn't even aware that sub-controller had 0 motion sensors, because in one ad a guy was seen throwing a bomb with that controller, so I assumed it had six-axis functionality.
 

Ran rp

Member
Why this thread, which contains the important novelty of the conference, have only 2 pages, and the one with that nice little optional feature (streaming xbox to a virtual cinema) is 10 pages long?



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Console wars are the worst.

because there was no demonstration of the controllers in action
 
The fact that this is coming a)separate to the HMD and b)late (after the HMD release) makes it clear that they are coming hurried, pressured by the competition, and threw the Xbox One controller out there as stopgap.
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
Not bundled is a shame, but perhaps it is sensible to ship with a 'boring' Xbox controller and then allow the more advanced controllers to iterate more rapidly? If they bundled them, they might be less willing to try new things?


I now want Sony to tweak the mives to be a hybrid move/nunchuk.
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
I warned Sony in 2010 god damn it.

p8awj45.jpg

http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/03/24/did-sony-really-need-the-sub-controller/

They screwed big time with cost reduction measures for the move. Very stupid decision. (Their reasoning was something like "you wouldn't be able to use the analog when flailing your arms anyway.".. So not true.. Like rumble was last gen..)

If this still doesnt happen in time for Morpheus, I just honestly might explode. I care so much about the start of VR and uptake, and there are these juggernaut companies making the fucking stupidest decisions that blow my mind. They just all seemingly need to be taken to summer school and shouted at for hours by military drill instructors telling them "the stupidest cunts fail to learn from history, do you want to have STUPID CUNT tattooed on your face?"
 

Servbot24

Banned
They look interesting, but I don't see how I'm going to use my fingers for anything other than gripping the controller. I might be misunderstanding them.
 

DSix

Banned
Like I said in the other thread: It really should have been bundled with every Rift. It's a huge mistake not to.
 
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