Oculus Rift, The VR headset which was announced long back is now available for pre-orders at the Oculus Rift website with a price tag of 599$, with a shipping date of March 28th for only 20 countries to which it can be shipped as of now.
According to the Oculus blog ,the Rift will be available at limited locations at select retailers starting in April. The package is supposed to include the headset with built-in headphones and mic, sensor, an Xbox One Controller, an Oculus Remote along with 2 games such as EVE: Valkyrie and Lucky’s Tale. For the full Oculus Rift experience the recommended specs are as follows :-
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 equivalent or greater
Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
Memory: 8GB+ RAM
Output: Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
Input: 3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port
Operating System: Windows 7 SP1 64 bit or newer
You can also check if your PC meets the recommended specs by downloading the Oculus compatibility tool.
Oculus will also be selling Bundles that include an Oculus Ready PC and a Rift which will be available for pre-order in February with a price tag staring at 1499$.
Not only this but Oculus Rift backers who pledged for Dev Kit 1 will receive a free Kickstarter Edition Oculus Rift which will also be bundled with EVE: Valkyrie and Lucky’s Tale.
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