Virture and 8BitDo have teamed up on a brand new smartphone controller designed particularly to be used with the Viture Professional XR glasses. You may slot your Android telephone into the Viture x 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller to show it right into a Steam Deck- or Change 2-style gaming handheld. Nonetheless, not like 8BitDo’s unique Final Mobile Controller and related fashions that use Bluetooth to hook up with your telephone, this makes use of USB-C 3.0, and options an extra USB port for connecting the Viture XR and Professional XR glasses for zero-lag gameplay. The $79 controller is offered now at Amazon.
Whereas it presently solely helps Android, Advantage says an iOS mannequin can be accessible quickly as properly. A bundle that features the Viture Professional XR Galsses and 8BitDo Final Mobile Gaming Controller can be accessible for $468.
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The Viture x 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller is an all-in-one mobile and XR gaming setup that utilizes USB 3.0 for a plug-and-play experience. As the name implies, it uses the excellent 8BitDo Ultimate–one of our favorite third-party controllers available on all consoles–as the basis for the design and features, including Hall Effect thumbsticks and triggers, two extra back buttons, and support for button remapping and other customization settings via the 8BitDo Ultiamte Software V2 app on mobile and PC.
The 8BitDo Ultimate Mobile Gaming Controller’s direct USB 3.0 connection is important because it eliminates the input lag present on some Bluetooth mobile controllers and prevents interference from other wireless signals. It also means the controller offers seamless, lag-free passthrough for the Viture XR glasses.
As mentioned above, 8BitDo also offers a Bluetooth version of its Ultimate Mobile Controller. While it lacks the low-latency input and video pass-through afforded by the new model’s USB 3.0 connectivity, it’s otherwise identical in features and form factor. This is also an Android-only device, but it’s available in black and white fashions, each of which can be found for $50 at Amazon.