linux support was dropped, thank god I have a good reason to not give them all my money
Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order
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Re: Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order
#42Going to have to pass on $599. More than I was expecting.
UK cost is £530 including shipping and VAT (I presume).
Re: Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order
#43Stop with "Virtual Reality" hype. People feel dizzy after trying this out. You will see how this hype will decline after the product launch. We see hype because big companies bet on this product and now want to get their millions back...
It took some experimenting to learn the sorts of things that cause users to feel dizzy/weird. We've come a long way since then.
The $600 price point is not targeting average consumers -- this is a PC enthusiast product.
Expect the next generation of VR -- one with a clearer set of best-practices -- to hit mainstream.
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#44Aside from this pre-order thing, will you be able to purchase a Rift only from Oculus directly? What about Amazon or other stores?
Re: Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order
#45Going to have to pass on $599. More than I was expecting.
I can't access the page, is this the official price? Was expecting something around the 400$-450$ range. This costs as much as a full blown PC.
This costs as much as a full blown PC.
Except you'll also need a killer desktop PC that can run it [1]:
- NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater
- Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
- 8GB+ RAM
- Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
- 2x USB 3.0 ports
- Windows 7 SP1 or newer
So in total you are probably looking at close to $2,000 [3] to use the Rift not including whatever games or applications cost - of which there are not yet a lot of titles (I'm sure that will change in short order though).
[1]http://www.pcgamer.com/oculus-rift-pc-requirements-revealed/
[2]http://www.techtimes.com/articles/118068/20151219/excited-fo...
Re: Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order
#46599... not to mention I have a very high end computer by today's standard but it still needs upgrades. I have one of the better AMD processors but it tells me I need an Intel, which means I will have to buy a new board and rebuild the entire thing, as well as replace the GPU... right.
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#47599 is more than I am willing to pay right now, maybe once both it and the vive are out.
The part that really pisses me off is the 30 dollars for shipping. What a joke.
Re: Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order
#48Going to have to pass on $599. More than I was expecting.
I thought I had heard in the $200-$300 range expected for the final product. I'd jump at the lower end of that range, but there's no way I'm paying $600.
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#49$599 may seem like a perilously steep price to debut at, but right now, Oculus faces a much bigger risk than low sales volume: Poor reception. If this was the MSRP required to ensure a comfortable, nausea-free experience, it's far better to have a killer product at a high price point than a "don't buy the first generation" product at the price point people were expecting. The former can lead to a cheaper gen 2, but the latter can lead to ruin.
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#50Good to see the Oculus Rift is on its way. Early tech will always have nosebleed prices and growing pains, but after a generation or two we'll be able to experience high-quality VR without getting a headache or our cars repossessed for nonpayment.
And it means we will have decent competition to the Rift, for those who don't want Facebook monitoring our every glance and gesture.