Palmer said big news coming

"360FOV" wrote:
Ok guys I had a few days to think this over and I am almost 100 percent sure what one of the major announcements for E3 will be.

After watching this video of Nate Mitchell at the EVE fanfest event -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U72pU7WrsDs#t=1h46m41s

And with the recent hiring of ex-Valve developer Tom Forsyth and robotics and sensor fusion researcher Steve LaValle it becomes quite clear that Oculus is ready to announce development for some sort of peripheral to accommodate better human/machine interaction in a VR environment.

It would also be an additional profit center for Oculus that possibly could provide a better production cost/profit margin return on investment per unit then the Rift actually does!

This seems like perfect timing for revealing such a piece of information. It doesn't place any prematurely finalized hardware requirements on the Rift itself plus it also would give both developers and consumers an exciting possibility of having a standardized input device which functions more suitably in Virtual Reality than a traditional mouse or game pad does.

It is the next logical step in the progression of the "Oculus Rift Story" to provide the media with a newsworthy topic to keep the Oculus media train gaining steam.

So The Grand Poobah has spoken and it is now official what the future of E3 this year will hold in store for us. Next year will be announcement of the consumer version. Damn I'm good. So sleep easy Rifters - mystery solved! :o