A New Custom Controller Hinted by Oculus Rift Founder

The new controller will better complement the Rift headset.

Traditional game controllers aren't the ideal input devices for virtual reality, says Palmer Luckey, the 21 year-old founder of Oculus VR.

"I don’t think [game controllers] are necessarily the right input for rich interactions in VR," Luckey said.

He went on imply that his team at Oculus is working on a brand new custom controller which is built with virtual reality in mind.

When asked about the possibilities of building a VR controller, Luckey replied: "When are we going to create it, or when are we going to announce it?"

"Saying that something is in development is a hefty commitment, I’ll say that we are doing a lot of research and development into input, and we know that game pads are pretty terrible in terms of living up to what we all want in virtual reality, which is the ability to see our hands, and to interact with the world in a natural way," he said.