Oculus, the pioneers in bringing back Virtual Reality to gaming, are finally ready to release their consumer version of the Rift. It is, however, still a product that has yet to be shown publicly for the first time – something many would’ve expected to take place at E3 next month. That’s still sort of happening, if not just a few days before.
Oculus has begun sending out invitations for an exclusive Oculus media conference, nearly a full week before the biggest gaming convention on the planet kicks off. The tagline for the event reads “Step into the Rift”, which unsurprisingly gives off the impressions that we’ll finally see what the Rift will look like on shelves next year.
We’ll hopefully also get a far more accurate figure on pricing, with the ballpark figure sitting around the $250 – $350 region right now. More specific technical specifications regarding resolution, framerate and audio would also be great – especially since the recommended PC specifications revealed last week turned more than a few heads.
I feel as though Oculus is fighting an unnecessary uphill battle at the moment though, and it’s mostly their fault. The Rift missed a crucial window to lead the advancement into VR – now launching after Valve’s own crack at it and dancing devilishly close to Sony’s Morpheus. While the latter really isn’t a competitor given the Rift’s PC exclusivity, the former is a big issue – and I think it’s really going to come down to one or the other at this stage.
But there’s still a lot of time between now and then, and Valve still have to do some formal announcements of their own. Next month is going to be more interesting than most in the VR race I suspect.
Last Updated: May 20, 2015
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 20, 2015 at 11:33
“Step into the Rift” makes me want to make a tripping joke. But then I remember Tripping the Rift is very cool and I don’t want to spoil it.
Thats_how_I_Troll
May 20, 2015 at 11:38
http://i.imgur.com/Zto8s2X.gif
Hammersteyn
May 20, 2015 at 11:43
And That’s how you troll
Thats_how_I_Troll
May 20, 2015 at 11:47
http://i.imgur.com/gEQ45C2.gif
Admiral Chief's Adventure
May 20, 2015 at 11:38
Yeah, no
geel slang
May 20, 2015 at 11:42
yes and yes
Thats_how_I_Troll
May 20, 2015 at 11:49
http://i.imgur.com/CJhaO0F.gif
Hammersteyn
May 20, 2015 at 11:39
Step into the rift? Are the Kaiju back?
http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a097z5z_460sa.gif
Thats_how_I_Troll
May 20, 2015 at 11:42
http://i.imgur.com/Q3v26NA.gif
Hammersteyn
May 20, 2015 at 11:43
Futurama! The one where Bender is shot into space!
Thats_how_I_Troll
May 20, 2015 at 11:44
http://i.imgur.com/JfelRWf.gif
Deceased
May 20, 2015 at 12:27
I LOOOOVE this gif!!! XD
Kromas,powered by windows 10.
May 20, 2015 at 11:40
So Oculus is finally jumping the Shark.
Thats_how_I_Troll
May 20, 2015 at 11:41
http://i.imgur.com/AWwlnNo.gif
Thats_how_I_Troll
May 20, 2015 at 11:54
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