Last week we let you know about 10 great SteamVR games that work well with the Rift and Touch by default. Now that the Touch controllers have officially released into the world, we decided to tackle the topic in a bit more detail. How well do the Oculus Touch controllers work with SteamVR apps that...
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No Rift? ReVive Already Emulates Oculus Touch With Vive Wands
For HTC Vive owners without a Rift, the ReVive hack has become a popular tool for accessing games that are exclusive to the Oculus headset. It looks like that will continue with the launch of Oculus Touch. The developers behind the software this week launched version 1.0, which features the latest support for Oculus’ new...
Virtuix Cancels International Pre-Orders for Omni VR Treadmill
Virtuix, the creators of the Virtuix Omni treadmill, posted an update to customers yesterday stating that they won’t be fulfilling pre-orders to customers outside the United States. According to the company, trying to ship the 80kg (175 lbs) square meter box the Omni comes in to non-U.S. customers “has proven naive and unfeasible.” Originally launched in 2013, the...
‘SUPERHOT VR’ Review
I’m listening to the soundtrack of The Matrix right now, and it’s because I just played SUPERHOT VR, a one-of-a-kind game exclusively for Oculus Touch that will make you feel like you’re in the midst of the highly choreographed slow motion action that The Matrix is known for—except in VR, you’re the director. Superhot VR Details: Developer: SUPERHOTAvailable On: Oculus...
Watch Us Test Oculus Touch Front Facing Tracking to the Limits
Oculus Touch is out tomorrow and we finally get to test just how well the optical ‘Constellation’ tracking system handles itself, all the way from rug scale to beyond roomscale. The term “roomscale” has really only been in popular use in the VR industry for the last 18 months to 2 years, after the unveiling...
Oculus Bundle 5 Touch Launch Day Games for $90
Oculus are offering a new Touch launch bundle which packs in 5 of the best supported titles into one $90 bundle. Oculus Touch launch day is now upon us and the company that brought us the Rift is revving its retail engines to ensure the new motion controllers are as attractive as possible to consumers....
Get Five Awesome VR Games in The $90 Oculus Touch Launch Bundle Collection
Since launch, the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift have been battling for the collective attention of early adopters in the virtual reality market. Both have substantial ecosystems, but the Vive launched with controllers that took the immersive experience to a level a gamepad just doesn’t allow for. Tomorrow, that significant advantage officially dissipates as the...
New ‘Space Pirate’ And ‘Fantastic Contraption’ Trailers Go Beyond MR
How would you show a friend what VR is like without putting them inside a headset? It’s not an easy question to answer, but two new trailers released today might have the best solution yet. So far, mixed reality has proved an effective way of capturing the magic of VR in a trailer. That process...
‘Kingspray Graffiti’ Review: Bombing Walls With Virtual Spray Paint
The paint drips from the wall, bleeding the blue-green from the eyeballs into the pale, tan skin of Super Saiyan Goku. At least, that’s what I tell myself I’m spray painting on this brick wall, even though it looks more like a smiling potato with yellow grass on top of its head. I’m not much...
Review: Oculus Touch
Oculus Rift is late to the motion control party, but its solution is the absolute best so far. The post Review: Oculus Touch appeared first on WIRED. Source: Review: Oculus Touch
