Rumour: Samsung is Developing a Gamepad for VR

https://www.techvoize.com/gadgets/virtual-reality/rumour-samsung-developing-gamepad-vr-2433

Samsung-VR-controller.jpg

looks like the standard will be one left joystick (clcikable ?) and one center button and the 4 face buttons.

no triggers, no specials, wow.

I guess this means ya better aim at this for your maximum number of control options.

thankfully key rebinding will help.

That’s a terrible mockup, as it looks extremely hard to hold for any period of time. A better design would be something like an xbox controller with only the left axis joystick. Put in an IMU and constellation tracking on the gamepad… with an IR tracker on the HMD, and there ya go :slight_smile:

It’s just a rumor. I don’t believe Samsung would develop such monstrosity.

Yeah, I’m not buying into that pad, it’s pretty awful. I wouldn’t be surprised if they do come out with some kind of basic bluetooth controller though.

Sounds/looks like a knee jerk reaction to the daydream controller - however they forgot all the important tracking stuff that actually makes the daydream controller good :smiley:

You are making it sounds as if it’s a real thing by Samsung/Oculus.