When bought along with a VR-ready computer, the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset may set consumers back a grand total of roughly $1,500 US, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said on Wednesday during Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
“We are looking at an all-in price, if you have to go out and actually need to buy a new computer and you’re going to buy the Rift … at most you should be in that $1,500 range,” Iribe said, according Re/code, adding he’d like the total price to eventually duck under the $1,000 US mark.
Earlier this month Oculus announced its recommended PC specs for an optimal VR experience. A PC with an Intel Core i5-4590 CPU, a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon 290X, and 8GB RAM is readily available in the $1,000 range today; based on Iribe's estimate, that would imply that the Oculus Rift consumer version itself should be in the $400 to $500 price range. That's more or less consistent with the $350 price of the most recent available headset, the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2, and the large improvements in tracking technology and resolution we've seen in more recent prototypes.
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“We are looking at an all-in price, if you have to go out and actually need to buy a new computer and you’re going to buy the Rift … at most you should be in that $1,500 range,” Iribe said, according Re/code, adding he’d like the total price to eventually duck under the $1,000 US mark.
Earlier this month Oculus announced its recommended PC specs for an optimal VR experience. A PC with an Intel Core i5-4590 CPU, a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon 290X, and 8GB RAM is readily available in the $1,000 range today; based on Iribe's estimate, that would imply that the Oculus Rift consumer version itself should be in the $400 to $500 price range. That's more or less consistent with the $350 price of the most recent available headset, the Oculus Rift Dev Kit 2, and the large improvements in tracking technology and resolution we've seen in more recent prototypes.
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