Oculus Touch controllers arriving Dec. 6 for $199
VR fans will finally wrap their hands around the Oculus Touch controllers starting on Dec. 6 for $199, Oculus announced Thursday.
Oculus Touch, a set of controllers that lets virtual reality users bring their hands inside simulations, was announced in June 2015 -- just prior to E3. The controllers were first promised to arrive a few months after the Oculus Rift release in March, but their release continued to slide later and later into 2016.
The Touch controllers -- as we've talked about -- are essential for getting closer to VR's promise of "presence," the feeling of actually being somewhere else. Their exclusion at Oculus Rift's launch was a huge detractor compared to headsets like the HTC Vive, which includes two wand controllers to approximate hands. The Oculus currently ships with an Xbox One gamepad and a small remote, both of which can be used to navigate inside VR.
You May Also Like
Oculus Touch controllers are available for preorder on Oct. 10 and will come bundled with two games: VR Sports and magic-welding game The Unspoken.
For those who want room-scale VR with the Touch controllers, additional sensors will begin shipping on Dec. 6 as well.
Topics Oculus Virtual Reality
Chelsea Stark was the Games Editor for Mashable, where she covered everything from AAA titles, mainstream consoles, indie gems, mobile games and gaming culture. She handled news, feature stories and reviews. Before that, Chelsea was Mashable's Multimedia Producer, where she helped develop visual storytelling aids, whether they were photos of video. She came to New York in 2010 to pursue her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Studio 20 program, which focused on innovation as journalism is changed by new technology. Before coming to New York, Chelsea lived in Austin, where she did online journalism and social media for the local CBS affiliate. She loves good beer, classic Nintendo games, and all things geeky, and spends her time attempting to find anything close to good Tex-Mex in Brooklyn.
