VR Controllers
Sixense STEM Edges Closer to Release
Sixense, the company behind the much beleaguered motion control system STEM, have released what they term 'positive' results from their latest round of EMC...
Oculus to Open ‘Constellation’ Positional Tracking API to Third-parties
Oculus says that they'll be opening up their 'Constellation' tracking API so that third-parties can use the tech to build positionally tracked peripherals beyond...
Hands-on: Oculus Touch is an Elegant Extension of your Hand for Touching Virtual Worlds
From the beginning, Oculus said they didn't want to reveal an official VR input solution until they could do it right. Despite pressure from...
Oculus Touch VR Controller Launches 1st Half of 2016, Pre-orders Open Alongside Rift
The Oculus Touch VR controller will ship in the first half of 2016, says founder Palmer Luckey. The units will be available for pre-order...
Oculus Reveals ‘Oculus Touch’ Half Moon Prototype VR Input Controller
Today at the company's 'Step into the Rift' pre-E3 event in San Francisco, Oculus revealed what they're calling 'Oculus Touch', the company's VR-specific input...
Closeup with the HTC Vive Developer Edition Headset for SteamVR
The first Vive Developer Edition headsets and controllers for SteamVR are arriving and Owlchemy Labs have been kind enough to provide us with high...
Video Preview: Manus Machina’s Wireless VR Glove Looks Promising, Headed to E3 2015
Manus Machina, a tech startup based in the Netherlands, have released a video preview of what they're calling 'the first consumer VR glove' ahead...
Yes, You Can Juggle in VR with the HTC Vive
When Alex Schwartz told people he could juggle in VR with the HTC Vive and SteamVR controllers, they didn't believe him. But now he has video...
‘Ground Control’ and ‘Stompz’, Two Natural VR Controllers for Your Feet
The VR community has been rattling its cage for intuitive input devices for quite a while now, and because nobody really knows exactly what that...
Tactical Haptics’ Will Provancher Talks Updated ‘Reactive Grip’ and We Go Hands-on
As Ben Lang says in his interview introduction, Will Provancher is one of the OG's of virtual reality. Tactical Haptic's 'Reactive Grip' controller was...
CES 2015: Leap Motion Co-Founders Talk ‘Dragonfly’ Made-for-VR Motion Input Camera
At CES 2015 last week, we met up with Leap Motion co-founders Michael Buckwald and David Holz to try their latest prototype motion input camera,...
Oculus Rift VR Experiences Take Top Spots in Leap Motion ‘3D Jam’ Contest
Leap Motion's '3D Jam' dev contest, presented by the independent games festival IndieCade, is now officially over and the results are in. Among the...
CES 2015: Sixense Shows off Distortion Correction with STEM Motion Controller (video)
Sixense, creators of the tech behind the Razer Hydra, and the upcoming STEM motion controller, gave us a demo showing how STEM's new distortion...
CES 2015: Hands-On with ‘3D Rudder’ the Motion Controller for your Feet
CES is officially underway and at the press preview event 'CES Unveiled' last night I got the chance to get my hands and feet...
Nimble Sense Nears End of Kickstarter Campaign, Reaches First $120,000 Stretch Goal
Nimble Sense, the hand tracking controller designed to work with head mounted displays, has surpassed its first stretch goal of $120,000, nearly doubling its...