Oculus Rift Release Date Price Features: Oculus Rift Finally Goes On Sale; Palmer Luckey To Do An AMA On Reddit At 9pm EST Wednesday
Oculus Rift Release Date Price Features: Starting Wednesday, gamers can reserve the consumer version of the Oculus Rift. Oculus revealed very little except that pre-orders will open from 8am Pacific time.
"Today, we're excited to announce that pre-orders for Rift will open on Oculus.com at 8am Pacific Time on January 6! We'll be sharing everything you need to know to order your Rift on Wednesday when pre-orders go live," Oculus wrote on their website.
"As a reminder, every Rift comes bundled with Lucky's Tale by Playful, and we're also including CCP's EVE: Valkyrie for free with every pre-order!
"This is going to be an exciting week for VR, so Oculus founder Palmer Luckey will be answering all your questions during a Reddit AMA this Wednesday, January 6 at 6pm Pacific Time. We look forward to hearing from you.
"Stay tuned for more updates this week. We can't wait to share what's coming next! - The Oculus Team"
Oculus posted no word yet on pricing or expected delivery date.
Luckey is scheduled to do an AMA on Reddit at 9pm EST Wednesday
Oculus Rift DK2 was one of the first VR headsets to support SteamVR. Some of the workers left the company after Oculus was acquired by Facebook. Oculus and Valve's relationship has been closing out.
The consumer Rift headset's release window was first confirmed in mid-2015.
Last year, Oculus executives last year hinted that the Rift headset and a computer needed to run it will cost no more than $1,500 altogether.
The sport version of Oculus will be released in 2016. It will have two OLED displays that will bean a resolution of 1080 x 1200 pixels into each eye. The refresh rate will be 90Hz. The headset will support a 100-degree field of view.
VR company Oculus, which was bought by Facebook for about $2 billion last year, premiered their 10-minute short about a lonely hedgehog named Henry at an invite-only event at a private mansion in Beverly Hills. Guests wore consumer versions of the Oculus Rift headset.
