Oculus Announces Standalone VR Headset Prototype During Keynote Address [UPDATE]

[UPDATE] The show has now ended.

One of the biggest announcements so far is that Oculus is working on a standalone VR headset that doesn't require a PC or a phone. It's still early days, however.

Additionally, Oculus announced the price and release date for its Touch controllers, while a number of new Touch-enabled games were announced, including those from Epic, 4A, and Ready at Dawn.

The original story is below.

It's a big day in the world of virtual reality, as Facebook's Oculus VR will hold the keynote address for its third annual Oculus Connect event later today.

The briefing is scheduled to begin at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET and you will be able to watch the entire event through the Twitch livestream embed below.

According to Oculus, today's keynote address will reveal details on "what's next for the Oculus platform." One possibility is that we'll finally learn the release date and price for the Oculus Rift's Touch controllers. These were originally pegged to launch sooner, but were later delayed to the second half of 2016.

The strange-looking, circular Touch is comprised of two controllers, one for each of your hands. Each has a traditional analog stick, two buttons, and an analog trigger, as well as haptic feedback and what Oculus calls the "hand trigger." Touch is also capable of tracking "a set of finger poses" that work to "recognize natural hand poses like pointing, waving, or giving a thumbs-up."

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted the picture above on the social networking site yesterday, teasing that he's "getting ready to demo something new we've been building in virtual reality."

It seems likely that Zuckerberg will appear on stage during Oculus Connect today. However, it remains to be seen if Rift creator Palmer Luckey will show up.

He caused a stir last month when it was discovered that he reportedly funded a pro-Donald Trump political group that's behind "s**tposting" memes about Hillary Clinton.

Check back with GameSpot later today for all the big Oculus news.