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Re:Oculus Rift by benihana on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:24PM (#9701736)
It's not 1997; wireless controllers aren't shit and Microsoft makes good hardware and has some great software.
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Re:Oculus Rift by gibsonje on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:28PM (#9701759)
Not sure why I'm getting downvoted and why you think I'm saying the controller is bad.

Oculus keeps spreading tons of hype and making very disappointing announcements.

A bundled xbox one controller is nothing to get excited over. Their supposed new input is, but they had virtually nothing to show for that.

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Re:Oculus Rift by freehunter on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:43PM (#9701848)
>Not sure why... you think I'm saying the controller is bad

Because it caused you to abandon the livestream literally at the very beginning.

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Re:Oculus Rift by cloakandswagger on Thursday June 11, 2015 @04:48PM (#9702313)
I for one agree with you. They punted on the controller in order to make the release, and their prototype controllers look underwhelming in comparison.

It feels like they've cut corners in an effort to beat Valve's VR platform to market.

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Re:Oculus Rift by agildehaus on Thursday June 11, 2015 @07:34PM (#9703121)
Except they're not beating Valve to market. Vive should be released for the holiday season 2015 alongside the Steam Machines.

Rift won't be here until Q1 2016 (and their input solution later still).

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