How can we improve the Oculus Rift platform?

← Oculus Rift S and Rift

Optical handtracking for Rift S

Please make sure that - alongside Quest - Rift S will also get optical hand tracking. Parity between the headsets should be a high priority. Currently there's no clear commitment either way and Rift S users shouldn't be left out if there's not a serious, technical reason.

2,542 votes
Sign in
(thinking…)
Sign in with: Facebook Google
Forgot password?
Create a password
Signed in as (Sign out)
Close
Close

We’ll send you updates on this idea

Anonymous shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

211 comments

Sign in
(thinking…)
Sign in with: Facebook Google
Forgot password?
Create a password
Signed in as (Sign out)
Close
Close
Submitting...
An error occurred while saving the comment
  • Atticus Nari commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Absolutely! I am so tempted to refund my Rift-S and grab a Vive or save up for an Index because the lack of features on this dang thing they're letting off.

  • Erik commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Rift S should definitely get tracking. Not only because it's for high level gaming compared to Quest, but it's the same price too. No reason this shouldn't be a thing

  • Joseph Eapen commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yep its really rather sad that after releasing the RIft S they barely made any improvements for it. In the end a customer is still a customer weather its a rift S or a quest. So would be great if you incorporated it .

  • DeanSB commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Would love to see this on Rift S! And if Oculus really listens to user feedback, it would make me more willing to buy Oculus products in the future :)

  • Jay Hayes commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be cool. It would definitely make navigating social apps much easier. I've had it pointed out that without haptics, gaming applications would be limited.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'd love to see this! Putting someone in VR and having their hands appear in the experience, almost as if by magic, is a powerful tool. My mum struggled with the Touch controllers in any games that were more than simply positional tracking; to give her an experience where she could use her own hands instead of a peripheral would be such a massive step in ease of access when it comes to introducing new people to VR.

  • Dustin Dean commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I have been supporting Oculus since it pioneered VR. I realized that Virtual Reality would take off from there, but at the time, I could not afford the P.C. Specs, nor the system. I saved my money, used my tax returns to purchase the parts to upgrade my P.C., and then waited half a year later to finally purchase a VR Headset.

    No matter how good the specs were on any other system, Oculus was on my mind. I chose the Rift S over the Quest because, at the time, it was the newest system by your company to hook up to a P.C. And, of course, not even three months later, I get word that the Quest is getting absolutely everything. Nothing new to buy, simply firmware, including hand tracking. While I'm ecstatic that Oculus is STILL pioneering VR and introducing it to the greater world, I feel that those that have already bought from them have been forgotten. We have reasons to be excited, we've supported you, and we would like for you to support us.

    If you're capable of giving us something similar to the quest, then do it. We may still choose to the use the touch controllers at times (We do understand system specs better than a casual player) but give us that option and don't forget about us. We spent 400.00 Bucks just like the other boys and girls.

    Please give us Finger Tracking, thank you. Or, at least, make sure we know we haven't been forgotten because we decided to purchase the set with a cable already included.

  • Danylo Davydov commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, Rift S should get this feature. Rift S has the advantage of running on a powerful gaming PC which trumps the performance of the mobile processor inside the Quest.

  • jaybratt commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Just give us hand tracking and end the hate war! I know it's not that simple but even just letting the community know you're working on it would mean a lot.

  • Victor Dias commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    As a Customer, I feel very upset about the OC6.
    You “killed” rift S. Not by releasing Link, but for not saying a word about Rift S.
    Its a much more capable hardware so please, dont kill it.

  • Julian Aydar commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The hardware is capable to doing it, so please make it happen! Rift S is a very awesome headset, and it should not be killed per-se... Please!

  • Ben Williams commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Long term this is a must to keep parity between platforms. Seems nuts that the Rift S would be excluded from the feature as it's entirely capable of doing it.

  • Fri13 commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Totally agree.

    The Rift S should be the priority, as it is the high end product by the performance you can get, and so on the leader what you can make next gen graphics and other performance.

    I do totally get that Quest huge benefit to be completely out of Rift S reach when it comes to easy to use, as you just start using it.

    I do love the whole idea of Quest how you can just now add a fiber optic cable to it to get the PC run the game or software, but it can't mean it just abandon the Rift S for that.

    If there is any technical changes to get it to the Rift S, it should be done. After all looking how QUest got the camera correction tech from Rift S too, so it should go both ways.

    And this would be a major finisher for the deal for benefit of Rift S compared to other high end products from other manufacturers when you can just use your HMD cameras to do tracking, instead the extension port or other attachments etc.

1 2 … 7 8 10

Oculus Rift S and Rift: General

Categories

Feedback and Knowledge Base

(thinking…)