The original virtual reality devices that Zuckerberg referred to as the ones "we had" did not have hand presence.

Judge as of 2022-03-24. True: the original VR headsets from Oculus/Facebook (for example the Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2, the 2016 consumer Rift, which launched without Touch controllers, and Gear VR) shipped without hand presence, meaning no tracked hand controllers and no hand tracking. Mostly true: the earliest devices lacked hand presence, but some were paired with hand controllers soon afterwards, or the claim slightly overgeneralises. Mixed: some original devices had hand presence and others did not. Mostly false: hand presence was available at or near launch for most of the original devices. False: the original Oculus devices had hand presence.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Why Oculus Rift launched with 30 games but no controller Polygon · 23 March 2016

   “Unlike the HTC Vive VR headset, Oculus won't be launching with its controllers, instead it ships with an Xbox One wireless gamepad. The Oculus Touch controller will hit in the second half of the year.”

2. E2 Oculus Touch Wikipedia · 2 October 2015 Own record

   “Oculus Rift CV1 was initially shipped without motion controllers, Oculus Touch was first released as a standalone accessory for the device. Pre-orders for Oculus Touch began on October 10, 2016, for a release on December 6 at a price of US$200”

3. E3 Virtual Reality effectivecurriculumideas.weebly.com (school teaching blog) · 1 July 2010

   “VR experiences could be interacted with via a keyboard, mouse or an Xbox 360 gamepad, with optional hand tracking for some experiences available via the use of a Leap Motion controller.”

4. E4 Virtual Reality effectivecurriculumideas.weebly.com (school teaching blog) · 1 July 2010

   “Some of the black models came with a handheld motion controller for easier interaction and navigation whilst in VR.”

E1, an independent 2016 Polygon report, says the consumer Oculus Rift shipped with an Xbox One gamepad rather than its own controllers, with Touch due in the second half of the year. E2 confirms that the Rift CV1 first shipped without motion controllers and that Touch came later as a separate accessory. A lower-quality teaching blog says some VR experiences offered optional hand tracking through a third-party Leap Motion controller (E3), and that some black models came with a handheld motion controller (E4); the quotes do not identify which devices these were. So the consumer Rift shipped without hand controllers (E1, E2), and Oculus Touch controllers followed as a separate accessory later in 2016 (E2), which fits the "mostly true" case in the criteria where the earliest devices were paired with hand controllers soon afterwards; the blog quotes (E3, E4) do not clearly tie hand presence to any original Oculus device.