Many have waited for this day. Day when the date of commencement of sales of the revolutionary helmet of virtual reality company Oculus VR, owned by Facebook. Finally, the moment has come and now we know exactly when the gadget will go on sale, and can stop guessing about its price. So, to buy a headset Oculus Rift will be in March and it will cost you nothing – 599 dollars plus shipping (another $ 30 on top for most countries).
March 28 – this is the day when the headset Oculus Rift will fall into the hands of the first buyers. It was at this point some large retail chains will begin selling the gadget in their shops. The headset also can absolutely free to get those who in 2012 backed the Oculus Rift project on Kickstarter. Then these men received the very first “DevKit” headset. Now they will get tricked and improved version of the helmet without any additional costs.
As for the design pre-order through the online store, Russia in the list of 20 countries where it is possible to deliver a headset, of course not. But you can take one of the many services that a business of shipment of goods from the USA to Russia, and for an additional fee they’ll get you anything. Keep in mind that all headsets will not suffice. Estimated delivery time from online store already shifted from March to may. This shows the high demand for the gadget.
So, what do you get for $ 599? Actually, the kit includes the headset with built-in headphones, a stationary sensor to track the position of the user’s head in space, remote control Oculus for Remote control applications and multimedia content, necessary cables, one game controller from the Xbox One console and copies of the game EVE: Valkyrie and Lucky’s Tale. Oculus innovative controllers Touch delayed for unknown reasons and will go on sale later this year.
Don’t forget that in addition to the headset you will need a fairly powerful computer, capable of delivering in real time high-resolution image with a high framerate. Otherwise, no virtual reality you feel will not work. According to the developers of the headset, to date only 13% of computers powerful enough to use Oculus Rift. So prepare yourself mentally for a serious upgrade, if you decide to join the VR. To check the compatibility of your PC with a headset is possible by downloading the official app-test from the manufacturer’s website.
We remind you that for normal operation of the headset you will need a computer with a graphics card of Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD 290 or above, the processor is not worse than Intel Core i5-4590, 8 GB RAM, HDMI output version 1.3, three USB ports 3.0 and one 2.0, and 64-bit Windows operating system is not below 7-th version supplied with SP1.