Hand Tracking on Oculus Quest | Oculus Connect 6

When Oculus Touch controllers launched in late 2016, it ushered in a new era of consumer VR by introducing hand presence: the sensation that your own hands were actually there with you in a virtual environment. Today, we’re marking another important VR input milestone in the evolution of VR input with the announcement of hand tracking on Oculus Quest—enabling natural interaction in VR using your own hands on an all-in-one standalone device—no extra hardware required. All without the need for a controller, external sensors, gloves, or a PC to power it.

Learn more on the Oculus Blog:

[caleb]

Valve: We have the most advanced vr controllers to date

Oculus: You guys got controllers?

[misterteee]

Valve: we made finger tracking controllers

Oculus: hold my touch controllers

[yuanlee-robinson]

Honestly Oculus just continue to surprise me

[PwnageJ]

Valve: check out our knuckles controller!


Oculus: hold my hands.

[VerumBit]

Wow! I bought the Quest because I knew was the future and it seems also oculus is pushing a lot on this headset! Well done!!!!

[djretro]

Next: lightweight gloves so that you can feel the vibrations of what you're playing answer that it's more interactive for the person playing the game

[MilesQuatermass]

Really thought Zuckerberg was about to sell us some new controllers. This is amazing. Along with Quest becoming essentially a hybrid headset, it's now the Nintendo Switch of VR.

[Soulindex]

Oculus Connect 6.


Also known as the moment Oculus completely forgot about adding anything to the Rift S.

[ruler_of_everything]

valve: makes finger sensing controllers
oculus: So you have chosen... Death.

[the_jones]

Valve: Controllers that mimic fingers.

Oculus: Uses your actual fingers.

[dan.downing]

Concepts like this make me realize how far VR has come in such a short, short time. Looking forward to seeing tech like this become the standard.

[trish_vr]

I’m gonna be annoyed if this doesn’t come to Rift S.

[Steelofran]

YO why didnt they say thing before i bought my rift S SMH!

[SingleRiderThrills]

Ok jokes aside can we just take a moment to think that an idea that was only possible in movies or story’s is real now?!

[blacksun]

Lol. That guy is at a job interview to get the most exclusive janitorial job ever. Point to the water. Good. Good.

[brettsparks]

Valve: makes finger tracking controllers

Oculus im about to end this mans whole career

[abandonedchannel]

The quest is literally the best use of my money ever

[brianscott]

WOW people thought valve knuckles were revolutionary. THIS IS NEXT LEVEL

[DevotumLLC]

So is this an update for the quest? If so that’s really cool that it’s not a whole new device that we have to buy.

[AnteikuCafe]

My Oculus Quest is on delivery now! I'm so excited!