The Oculus Rift will launch with a $599 price point with pre-orders going live today. Included with each order is the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset with built-in headphones and mic, sensor, Oculus Remote, Lucky’s Tale and an Xbox One controller. Those that pre-order will also get a free copy of EVE: Valkyrie.
As for the Oculus Remote, it’s a new input device the company designed to make it simple and intuitive to navigate VR experiences. With the Oculus Remote, users can easily browse the Oculus store, explore 360 video content in Oculus Video or experience a wide range of VR games and entertainment.
Read: Facebook Acquires Oculus Rift
The company also announced that pre-ordering the Oculus Rift will secure a spot in line for the Touch pre-orders that will launch later this year. Essentially your place in line when pre-ordering the Oculus Rift is your place in line when the Touch pre-orders launch.
Over 100 titles designed for VR is heading to the Rift by the end of the year, including Minecraft. Oculus Studios will introduce over 20 games that will be exclusive to Oculus this year.
If you’re wondering if your PC is up to snuff, here are the recommended PC specifications from Oculus:
- 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
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