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Oculus Touch is a line of motion controller systems used by Meta Platforms (formerly Oculus) virtual reality headsets. The controller was first introduced in 2016 as a standalone accessory for the Oculus Rift CV1, and began to be bundled with the headset and all future Oculus products beginning in July 2017. Since their original release, Touch ...
The platform was first developed by Oculus VR for the embedded operating system on the Oculus Rift DK1 (Development Kit 1), which was released to developers in 2013. Development of the software platform increased following the March 2014 acquisition of Oculus VR (now the Reality Labs division of Meta).
The Quest Pro uses Touch Pro controllers, a significant update to the Oculus Touch controllers used by prior Quest and Rift products. They have a more compact design with upgraded haptics, and replace the infrared sensor ring (which were tracked by the headset's cameras) with on-board motion tracking using embedded cameras and Qualcomm ...
John D. Carmack II [1] (born August 21, [a] 1970) [1] is an American computer programmer and video game developer.He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels.
The first headset in the line was the Oculus Rift DK1, released on March 28, 2013. [2] The last was the Oculus Rift S, discontinued in April 2021. The Rift went through various pre-production models prior to the release of the Oculus Rift CV1, the first Oculus Rift intended for use by the general public.
Oculus Rift DK2 worn at a research showcase (Leap Motion sensor attached to the front)As a head-mounted display (HMD) designer at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, Palmer Luckey earned a reputation for having the largest personal collection of HMDs in the world and was a longtime moderator in Meant to be Seen (MTBS)'s discussion forums.
The Quest 2's Oculus Touch controllers. The included controllers with the Quest 2 are the third-generation Oculus Touch controllers. The design of the new controllers was influenced by the original Oculus Rift controllers. [13] Their battery life has also been increased four-fold over the controllers included with the first-generation Quest ...
VRChat was first released as a Windows application for the Oculus Rift DK1 prototype on January 16, 2014, and was later released to the Steam early access program on February 1, 2017. VRChat later became available on the Meta Quest store on December 11, 2018, and in early access on the Google Play store on August 22, 2023.