Oculus releases Touch controllers months after Rift glasses

The Touch controllers that Oculus has developed for the Rift VR glasses will only be released in the second half of 2016, while the glasses themselves will appear in the first quarter. Oculus has decided to postpone it to have more time to perfect the controllers.

Oculus will not get the controllers for the Rift glasses ready in time and delivery will not start until the second half of 2016. The company says it is still making significant changes in ergonomics and changes in comfort, reliability and recognition of lenses. position of hands.

In addition, Oculus wants to send many more pre-production copies to developers, who can certainly get to work with it and adapt their virtual reality applications. The delay does not affect the Rift glasses themselves: they remain on the agenda to appear in the first quarter of 2016.

Oculus unveiled the Touch controllers in June. The two-handed controllers have tracking technology, vibrating motors for haptic feedback, thumb joysticks, two buttons and a trigger on the index finger.