The Oculus Runtime version 1.14 began rolling out on April 20th, and with it came support for Touch controllers to be used as a gamepad. This emulation means that a bunch of games that recently only had gamepad support can now be used with your Touch controllers. There will be less switching of controllers when you decide to switch games, and besides, your Touch controllers are a pleasure to use.
No, this doesn't mean these games will now have tracked motion control. It just means that the Touch controllers can be mapped as if you were using a gamepad; two joysticks, four buttons, two bumpers, and two triggers.
Not all games that have native gamepad support work with this new Touch emulation. As mentioned in the Oculus forum, any apps with this new feature will be marked as so in the Oculus store.
Instead of having you plod through the store to see if any of your existing Rift experiences have support, or to see what other games have support, we've compiled a list of every experience with Touch (as gamepad) support.
Rift games that support Touch gamepad emulation
- Albino Lullaby
- Alice VR (opens in new tab)
- Anshar Wars 2 (opens in new tab)
- Bazaar (opens in new tab)
- BlazeRush (opens in new tab)
- Boogeyman (opens in new tab)
- Crystal Rift (opens in new tab)
- Elite Dangerous (opens in new tab)
- EVE: Valkyrie (opens in new tab)
- Evil Robot Traffic Jam HD (opens in new tab)
- FIRMA (opens in new tab)
- Floor Plan (opens in new tab)
- Gem Monster (opens in new tab)
- GUNJACK (opens in new tab)
- Header Goal VR: Being Axel Rix (opens in new tab)
- Hitman Go: VR Edition (opens in new tab)
- Into the Dead (opens in new tab)
- Mental Torment Episode One (opens in new tab)
- Mountain Goat Mountain (opens in new tab)
- Omega Agent (opens in new tab)
- Orion Trail VR (opens in new tab)
- Pinball FX2 VR (opens in new tab)
- PolyRunner VR (opens in new tab)
- Radial-G: Racing Revolved (opens in new tab)
- RunningJoe (opens in new tab)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (opens in new tab)
- ZEN SPLASH VR (opens in new tab)
Rift entertainment experiences that support Touch gamepad emulation
- Apollo 11 VR
- Diggers VR (opens in new tab)
- Dimensional Interaction (opens in new tab)
- Henry (opens in new tab)
- Immersive Combat (opens in new tab)
- INVASION! (opens in new tab)
- Lost (opens in new tab)
- The Elevator Ritual (opens in new tab)
- The Rose and I (opens in new tab)
Rift apps that support Touch emulation
- 3D Organon VR Anatomy (opens in new tab)
- Discovery VR (opens in new tab)
- Kismet (opens in new tab)
- Oculus 360 Photos (opens in new tab)
- Oculus Video (opens in new tab)
Rift Gallery apps that support Touch gamepad emulation
- Alpine Ski VR
- bloxyz (opens in new tab)
- Camera Simulator (opens in new tab)
- Cosmos Crash VR (opens in new tab)
- DemonicGuestVR (opens in new tab)
- Desert Ride Coaster (opens in new tab)
- Emily Wants to Play (opens in new tab)
- Fancy Skiing VR (opens in new tab)
- Fat City (opens in new tab)
- IDEA B (opens in new tab)
- I Hate Santa (opens in new tab)
- InCell (opens in new tab)
- Nirvana (opens in new tab)
- Radiant Crusade (opens in new tab)
- SDV VR EXPERIENCE (opens in new tab)
- Since They Left Episode 0 (opens in new tab)
- Street Champ VR (opens in new tab)
- Surge (opens in new tab)
- The Autism Simulator (opens in new tab)
- The Purge Day (opens in new tab)
- Wanderer2: The Rebirth (opens in new tab)
Rift Early Access experiences that support Touch gamepad emulation
- A Large Quantity of Mushrooms (opens in new tab)
- Chernobyl VR Project (opens in new tab)
- Euclidean (opens in new tab)
Your experience
Have you tried using a Touch controller instead of your gamepad? How did it go? How were the buttons mapped in the particular experience? Let us know in the comments section!
