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https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/oculus-rift-pre-orders-to-open-on-january-6/

Today, we’re excited to announce that pre-orders for Rift will open on Oculus.com at 8am Pacific Time on January 6! We’ll be sharing everything you need to know to order your Rift on Wednesday when pre-orders go live.



As a reminder, every Rift comes bundled with Lucky’s Tale by Playful, and we’re also including CCP’s EVE: Valkyrie for free with every pre-order!



This is going to be an exciting week for VR, so Oculus founder Palmer Luckey will be answering all your questions during a Reddit AMA this Wednesday, January 6 at 6pm Pacific Time. We look forward to hearing from you.

Stay tuned for more updates this week. We can’t wait to share what’s coming next!

— The Oculus Team

edit:

Pre-orders will be global, not US only - We have the required certification in 20 countries, more will follow.

https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/684083445677428736?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

the 20 countries it's shipping to:

This offer is only available in the following countries where Oculus Rift is shipping: United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Good news everyone! They're shipping the CV1 with a case similar to the one the DK1 shipped with!

http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-rift-dk1-carrying-case-to-return-with-consumer-edition/

Oculus Rift preorders get priority for Oculus Touch preorders:

Good news, everyone! When you preorder Rift, you also reserve your spot for Touch preorders. First in line for Rift = First in line for Touch.
People ask about Touch+Rift discount - Everyone with Touch needs a Rift, consider discount built into price of the subsidized Rift hardware.

 

[robotrock]

YES


Price please

 

[The Lamonster]

Surprised we don't have a price yet, then.

edit: or even system recommendations or release date?


but yeah, it's really happening, isn't it? exciting times ahead

 

[E-phonk]

itbegins.gif

 

[darkwing]

is it coming out earlier than Vive?

 

[Cmagus]

Are they doing a CES show this year?

 

[grendelrt]

I hope vive isn't far behind, I want to know my options before I order. Guess I could always cancel though.

 

[Wubby]

Oh boy. My pc is not ready...

 

[johnnydrama]

Price and release date please.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

Feeling like it'll be $699 US dollars.

 

[ScriptedReality]

I hope we don't get the price the day of pre-order

 

[Backfoggen]

$499 is my guess.

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

It's finally happening.

 

[low-G]

Whelp I'm only preordering this if it's $400 or below, and even then it depends on if they want the cash up front ala Gamestop or if they do it 'proper' like Amazon.

 

[ashecitism]

is it coming out earlier than Vive?

Yes. Vive is coming April with pre-orders starting February.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Does anyone know if you pay when live or when it ships?

 

[RSP]

$649.99

 

[Haines]

Beta testers now is your time!

 

[Bsigg12]

Sweet! Getting really excited.

 

[killercow]

Surprised we don't have a price yet, then.

edit: or even system recommendations or release date?


but yeah, it's really happening, isn't it? exciting times ahead

Recommended specs are here:
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/t...pc-sdk-0-6-released-and-mobile-vr-jam-voting/

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

 

[dead monkey uk]

is it coming out earlier than Vive?

Yes. Vive is coming April with pre-orders starting February.

We do not know when Oculus is being released do we?

 

[The Elite]

Begun, the VR Wars will have on January 6th at 8am Pacific.

It will be nice to finally have one of these things jump out there with a price.

Hopefully there is a domino effect after that.

 

[ashecitism]

We do not know when Oculus is being released do we?

Q1 which is earlier than April.

 

[Helznicht]

So rush to get a pre-order, then cancel later after you get details/price you don't like or Vive brings must have tech. Pretty jank, but if that's the way it has to be, so be it.

 

[grendelrt]

Recommended specs are here:
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/t...pc-sdk-0-6-released-and-mobile-vr-jam-voting/

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

Hmm my mb is USB 2.0, wonder if that will be an issue...

 

[Rosur]

Does anyone know if you pay when live or when it ships?

I'm hoping when it ships as won't have the money this month for one.

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

So are they taking preorders without officially revealing a price?

 

[The Elite]

So rush to get a pre-order, then cancel later after you get details/price you don't like or Vive brings must have tech. Pretty jank, but if that's the way it has to be, so be it.

This is a likely scenario for me.

 

[Man]

www1... ?

 

[killercow]

Hmm my mb is USB 2.0, wonder if that will be an issue...

3.0 is required AFAIK.

 

[dankir]

They still haven't unveiled the price yet??

 

[BibiMaghoo]

I'm hoping when it ships as won't have the money this month for one.

Same, I hope it's when it ships.

 

[The Elite]

So are they taking preorders without officially revealing a price?

Well, I'm not committing my credit card information to something without knowing the price.

If there is no price I consider this more of putting yourself in line on a waiting list.

 

[CyberPunked]

Hmm my mb is USB 2.0, wonder if that will be an issue...

Probably, but you can buy a PCIE USB 3.0 Hub for not much.

 

[Bo Knows GAF]

So are they taking preorders without officially revealing a price?

This makes me think that maybe the person who posted about each vr company holding out on prices as long as possible is on to something.

 

[DiscoShark]

More than a little worried that they announced the preorder date without a price point. This thing is going over $499+ isn't it?

 

[Ephemeris]

Aw man. My PC isn't even ready for this. Nooo

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

So we basically won't see the price until we put all our info in and rush to hit the preorder button?

 

[ashecitism]

www1... ?

Some mirror site. It's up on the official now.
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/

 

[Sulik2]

Its gonna be $599 and it will still sell out.

 

[Jimrpg]

Oh please let it be around US$400... the US-AUS exchange rate still sucks.

 

[The Elite]

This makes me think that maybe the person who posted about each vr company holding out on prices as long as possible is on to something.

I think that's obvious at this point.

If the price point isn't revealed until the preorder goes live that points to be it being more expensive than what a lot of people are hoping for. They are relying on impulse buys instead of giving you the price early and having people rationally talk themselves out of it.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Recommended specs are here:
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/t...pc-sdk-0-6-released-and-mobile-vr-jam-voting/

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

Hopefully people remember that when Oculus is talking "recommended specs" they're talking specs for running games at good quality locked at a framerate over 60fps since a locked high framerate is crucial for people not getting motion sickness.

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

This makes me think that maybe the person who posted about each vr company holding out on prices as long as possible is on to something.

That would be an interesting scenario. See how long the competition can hold out until the higher ups finally set a price point.

 

[gnexus]

This will not end well for their servers...

I'll do my best to be in.

 

[Nzyme32]

About time this stalemate of non-info ended. Will be interesting to start seeing the companies layout their strategies, content, pricing and other plans more clearly.

 

[hoserx]

3.0 is required AFAIK.

if your MB is usb 2.0. chances are that your system is not fast enough to provide the ideal VR experience anyway.

 

[Bookoo]

More than a little worried that they announced the preorder date without a price point. This thing is going over $499+ isn't it?

Hoping for $400, but thinking probably $500. Palmer recently said they are good at keeping their promises and linked to an article where Brendan said the total package for Oculus is $1500 (which included the price estimate of a $1000 dollar VR ready PC)

 

[killercow]

Hopefully people remember that when Oculus is talking "recommended specs" they're talking specs for running games at good quality locked at a framerate over 60fps since a locked high framerate is crucial for people not getting motion sickness.

at 90fps minimum, yup.

 

[Falchion]

Guess they can only hide the price for 2 more days.