Shiftall, the Japan-based creators behind MeganeX PC VR headsets, introduced two new VR controller equipment at CES 2025—a SteamVR-compatible controller for PC VR, and a novel add-on to Quest Contact controllers that give customers a scroll wheel and further buttons.
GripVR
Shiftall is bringing out its personal customary PC VR controller, known as GripVR. Designed for SteamVR Monitoring methods (1.0, 2.0), GripVR follows a normal button format, that includes AB/XY enter buttons, pressable joysticks, triggers, and grips—all of that are mentioned to characteristic capacitive contact sensors.
GripVR is claimed to supply an eight-hour battery life, rechargeable through its USB Sort-C port. Like all SteamVR tracked equipment, it’s set to be appropriate with varied SteamVR headsets, resembling Valve Index, HTC Vive, in addition to the corporate’s MeganeX superlight “8K”.
Shiftall’s GripVR is focusing on launch someday this summer time on the estimated value of $299-$399.
AddCon
Shiftall additionally introduced AddCon, a novel aftermarket attachment for the left-hand Contact controllers of Quest 3/3S/Professional. The system provides a wheel and buttons to increase the performance of the controller, which presumably makes it simpler to take care of 2D UI components in addition to VRChat particular controls.
Notably, AddCon additionally features a shift operate through an embedded capacitive sensor on the pinky finger relaxation, enabling customers to toggle between completely different units of instructions.
Shift all says AddCon is meant for customers who require extra management choices for VR purposes, resembling adjusting digicam settings or managing avatar capabilities in VRChat. The controller add-on is claimed to assist over 14 assignable inputs and may be configured utilizing a devoted PC utility, the latter of which may additionally operate as an OSC command transmission system for standalone VRChat setups, Shiftall says.
AddCon connects to Quest over Bluetooth LE or GX6/GX2 dongle, and costs over it’s USB Sort-C port. Like GripVR, Add on is focusing on a summer time 2025 launch, priced nonetheless at $69 for the only left-hand Contact accent.
This follows final 12 months’s announcement of it’s newest MeganeX superlight “8K” PC VR headset, which is slated to ship in early 2025, priced at $1,899. As the most recent MeganeX, the SteamVR-compatible headset boasts a slim and light-weight profile, and twin 4K high-resolution OLED panels.
Like in our reporting on different firms claims of “8K”, you could have seen we’ve put MeganeX superlight 8K in quotes. That is executed to point that the 8K title doesn’t truly replicate the specs of the headset, which combine twin 3,552 × 3,840 OLEDs.
