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I am concerned about the reliance on 360 controllers..
I've noticed in a great many demos and games that the primary controller support is the 360. Some demos even have commands and instructions that involve hitting "Y", for example, when there is no cont...
Well yeah, sorta. But there's few facts to consider:
1) XBox360 controller is the most common controller and many people own it
1.1) Even if they only own PC controller (very very many people own some controller), there's a XBox360 controller emulator software, and since in the Rift you can't tell the difference, it's virtually the same
2) As it's already mentioned, in the Rift navigating the controller is a lot, and I mean A LOT easier than navigating the keyboard*.
3) The controller provides two analog sticks and two analog triggers, which is quite more analog controls than you get with PC controls, and honestly, using your mouse isn't exactly convenient in VR
4) Using controller doesn't constraints your physical movements to a single allowed location, so you can lean over a lot with no issues.
* I can back it up with my personal experience - whenever I put my hands off the keyboard, I have to look for these little pins on the keyboard to locate F and num5 button. Because there's these little pins there it's relatively easy and doesn't takes long, but Enter key, arrows and function keys don't have them so if you didn't hit them in first attempt, it's really pretty hard to hit them at all, I often have to just mash buttons under my fingers and see what happens, until I could find the right button. Navigating for backspace is a pain.
1) XBox360 controller is the most common controller and many people own it
1.1) Even if they only own PC controller (very very many people own some controller), there's a XBox360 controller emulator software, and since in the Rift you can't tell the difference, it's virtually the same
2) As it's already mentioned, in the Rift navigating the controller is a lot, and I mean A LOT easier than navigating the keyboard*.
3) The controller provides two analog sticks and two analog triggers, which is quite more analog controls than you get with PC controls, and honestly, using your mouse isn't exactly convenient in VR
4) Using controller doesn't constraints your physical movements to a single allowed location, so you can lean over a lot with no issues.
* I can back it up with my personal experience - whenever I put my hands off the keyboard, I have to look for these little pins on the keyboard to locate F and num5 button. Because there's these little pins there it's relatively easy and doesn't takes long, but Enter key, arrows and function keys don't have them so if you didn't hit them in first attempt, it's really pretty hard to hit them at all, I often have to just mash buttons under my fingers and see what happens, until I could find the right button. Navigating for backspace is a pain.