It said the firm’s founder, Palmer Luckey, would be answering questions about the Rift on a Reddit Q&A session on Wednesday at 18:00 PCT (02:00 GMT). That’s in line with the price range for a headset and PC that Oculus executives had floated past year.
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Oculus VR, the company behind the new virtual reality gaming headset Oculus Rift, has officially started taking preorders, promising to give users a glimpse into the future. You can finally pre-order one for $599.
A ship date and the price for Oculus Rift has been revealed. For most consumers, $599 – on top of the cost of a beefy desktop PC – is way too much. It isn’t clear whether the company intends to announce more details before pre-orders begin. Rift will also come bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller according to an announcement made by Xbox head, Phil Spencer, during an Oculus press conference.
But the Rift will require a fairly powerful computer. Oculus said that it will be “sharing everything you need to know to order your Rift on Wednesday when pre-orders go live”.
In 2014, the campaign raised more than $2 million and Facebook bought the company for billion. Valkyrie is a space dogfighting game, putting players in the cockpit of their own virtual intergalctic ship, while Lucky’s Tale is a platformer game reminiscent of Super Mario Bros and Banjo-Kazooie. Samsung launched the Gear VR, which is itself the product of an Oculus partnership, in late 2015, but its smartphone-powered experiences fall far short of what the Rift is capable of.
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If you are interested in the Oculus Rift you might have seen the recent news concerning the delay of the Oculus Touch.
