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[Compsiox]

Shipping/Release Date: March 28th (Order now: July)
Cost: $599/£499/€699/AUS$649/NZ$699/CDN$849/¥83800(Japan)/KOR$649(South Korea)
Platform: Oculus Home
Software Download Page: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/setup/
Oculus Touch Release(motion controllers): Late 2016

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Contents:

• Oculus Rift Headset with built-in headphones and mic
• Sensor
• An Xbox One controller
• Oculus Remote
• FREE copy of Lucky's Tale and Eve Valkyrie
  

  

  

• Display: OLED
• Resolution: 2160 x 1200
• Refresh Rate: 90Hz
• Field of view: 110 degrees
• Tracking area: 5 x 11 feet (single sensor)
• Sensors: Accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, 360-degree positional tracking
• Connections: HDMI, USB 2.0, USB 3.0

Check if your PC is ready with the Specifications Checker:(instant download)
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• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater
• CPU/Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
• Memory: 8GB+ RAM
• Video Output: Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
• USB Ports: 2x USB 3.0 ports
• OS: Windows 7 SP1 or newer

All of these games will be on Oculus Home on Launch (Morning Pacific Time):
(Trailers at links)

• Adrift
• Adventure Time
• AirMech: Command
• Albino Lullaby
• Audio Arena
• Chronos
• Darnket
• Dead Secret
• Defense Grid 2
• Dreadhalls
• Elite Dangerous
• Esper 2
• Into the Dead
• Eve Gunjack
• Eve Valkyrie Founder’s Pack
• Fly to Kuma
• Herobound SC
• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• Lucky’s Tale
• Omega Agent
• Project Cars
• Radial G
• Rooms
• Shufflepuck Cantina Deluxe VR
• Smashing the Battle
• Vanishing of Ethan Carter
• Vektron Revenge
• VR Tennis Online
• Pinball FX2 VR
• BlazeRush
• Windlands

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Join the growing community of Rift users from around the world. Play cooperatively or test your competitive edge across all sorts of virtual reality games and experiences and discover new friends along the way.

This is the Oculus Rift equivalent to Steam where you'll be buying and downloading all of your games (although nonexclusive games may be available through Steam.

Inside the headset:

Outside the headset (Monitor View):

LAUNCH REVIEWS:
UploadVR
The Verge 8/10
IGN
Gizmodo
Polygon 8.5/10
Engadget 84/100
Gamespot
PC World 4/5
Wall Street Journal
RoadToVR
Wired 9/10
CNet
EuroGamer
Tom's Hardware
Rock Paper Shotgun
ArsTechnica
Tom's Guide 8/10
Angry Joe Show 7/10

PRE NDA REVIEWS:
CNET: http://www.cnet.com/news/oculus-rift-vr-games-a-hands-on-guide/
Techradar: http://www.techradar.com/us/reviews/gaming/gaming-accessories/oculus-rift-1123963/review
Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/16/11243244/oculus-rift-launch-games-oculus-touch-impressions
The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/16/11243944/oculus-rift-vr-gdc-2016-launch-games-hands-on
Giz Mag: http://www.gizmag.com/oculus-rift-launch-games-review-hands-on/42303/
Tested: http://www.tested.com/tech/gaming/565921-hands-oculus-rifts-vr-launch-lineup/
Road to VR: http://www.roadtovr.com/hands-on-oc...ngs-refinements-to-an-already-elegant-design/
Gameinformer: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...-rift-launch-games-and-four-coming-later.aspx

More coming soon...

Q: Does DK2 work with Oculus Home?
A: It does but it isn't completely supported by Oculus and you are encouraged to use it with caution.

Q: Do other headsets work with Oculus Home?
A: Not at launch but is seemingly planned for future

Q: Can Rift exclusives be played with other headsets?
A: No, a work around may be possible in the future

Q: Does the Oculus Rift Support Room scale?
A: Yes/kinda but along with the Oculus Touch it won't be in use until late 2016

Q: When is my Rift arriving bruh???
A: No one freaking knows right now! Calm down mang!

GET READY FOR YOUR NEW LIFE

 

[DOT DASH DOT]

Excellent job! Let's get it on......

 

[The Flash]

Never forget

 

[Toki767]

Goodbye real world.

 

[SoldierIce64]

Super excited, hopefully I'll get mine by late April.

 

[Evo X]

Nice job bro!

Let the VR revolution commence! (In 1-3 weeks. Lol)

 

[Samaritan]

Can't wait to forget about the real world!... in 3 months.

 

[UnrealEck]

Eve Valkyrie is only free for pre-orders I think. You'll have to buy it full price soon.
Lucky's Tale is free with the Rift for the foreseeable future though.

 

[Possumowner]

And so it begins.

Bring on the VR revolution,and a price drop since I can't afford a Rift or Vive yet

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Woot!

 

[Wallach]

Almost there boys. Almost there.

 

[dc89]

The picture in the OP which shows the individual component blows my mind.

 

[Compsiox]

Thanks guys!!! I hope you all enjoy the launch. I'm going to bed now. I pray we all wake up to our tracking numbers .

 

[Ombala]

Nice OT will be fun to follow in the years to come.

 

[Trace]

Man I wish I didn't have a May shipping date.

The next two-ish months will be rough.

 

[cyberheater]

I'm very much looking forward to folks impressions. Great OP by the way.

 

[grandwizard]

Wow, it's finally here. Should be getting mine today or tomorrow and I'm excited to try it out even though I know my older PC will probably not be good enough for most stuff.

 

[23qwerty]

Man if I wasn't getting laid off in 2 weeks this thread would probably be enough to make me to just buy one right now. PSVR is just so far away...

 

[Mechazawa]

Let me live vicariously through you people who bought an Oculus Rift.

Feed me your impressions.

Feed.

Me.

 

[Kevin]

Back in 2005/2006 I talked about the coming VR revolution and nobody believed I knew what I was talking about. VR has been a huge passion of mine and I am glad to see a dream of mine realized.

Let us gaze into the future of entertainment and finally live our greatest dreams and our greatest mightmares!

 

[Gowans]

Will these all work on the DK2 if I didn't spring for the release version yet?

edit: Read the Op, guess we'll see.

 

[Compsiox]

Back in 2005/2006 I talked about the coming VR revolution and nobody believed I knew what I was talking about. VR has been a huge passion of mine and I am glad to see a dream of mine realized.

Let us gaze into the future of entertainment and finally live our greatest dreams and our greatest mightmares!

You are...THE PROPHET

 

[Iced_Eagle]

FYI, KS backers should start receiving them tomorrow. Normal pre orders don't ship until Wednesday and should be getting to homes this week (I'm betting Friday for most).

Thats from Palmer on Twitter shortly ago. If plans change he will let us know.

 

[Black Hat]

When do EVE: Valkyrie reviews hit?

 

[Compsiox]

When do EVE: Valkyrie reviews hit?

NDA ends sometime in the morning Pacific Time

 

[NumberThree]

Cool OT, but the header images are a bit rough with the superior dark theme.

I was this close to backing the Kickstarter at a headset tier, but ended up just putting a few dollars in to get updates from them. So many regrets!

NDA ends sometime in the morning Pacific Time

Giant Bomb is doing a stream starting at 7AM Pacific Time, I'd expect all embargoes to drop at that time.

 

[pelican]

NDA ends sometime in the morning Pacific Time

This interests me.

I'm not in the market for a Rift yet, but I do like Gunjack on my Gear/S7 Edge. Plus Valk is going to be available at launch for the PSVR which I have pre-ordered via Amazon.

 

[TheMadMan007]

Man, I'm so excited. I really wish they kinda stated that March 28th was the shipping date and not the launch date, it's been an unbearable weekend waiting for shipping info and then finally being told at the 11th hour that shipping for preorders will be Wednesday. Too bad I can't just head over to the Oculus HQ after work and just pick one up.

Anyways, bring on the Rift! Also, where are you guys selling your DK2s? I'm thinking of selling mine since I doubt I'll ever use it after my CV1 shows up later this week.

 

[Compsiox]

Cool OT, but the header images are a bit rough with the superior dark theme.

I was this close to backing the Kickstarter at a headset tier, but ended up just putting a few dollars in to get updates from them. So many regrets!

Giant Bomb is doing a stream starting at 7AM Pacific Time, I'd expect all embargoes to drop at that time.

OMG I forgot dark was a thing. So sorry to everyone who uses it. I hope you can all deal with it for now. I gotta go to bed.

 

[Zeknurn]

Giantbomb will be doing an Oculus Rift launch day stream at 14:00 UTC.

 

[Turin Turambar]

NIce OT!
I didn't know there were already reviews out there. Time to read! edit: I'm talking of this one, http://www.techradar.com/reviews/gaming/gaming-accessories/oculus-rift-1123963/review , they seem to have published their article 4 hours ago.

As others have indicated, the only flaw is that Eve Valkyrie is only for preorders.

 

[Turin Turambar]

OMG I forgot dark was a thing. So sorry to everyone who uses it. I hope you can all deal with it for now. I gotta go to bed.

Nah, it looks good, black over grey is stylish even, supposing you have a good IPS monitor with good color range.

 

[cyberheater]

I do love this image.

 

[tuna_love]

what games are you dudes gonna get first up?

 

[mrklaw]

Is the Xbox one controller required for some games or can you use an existing 360 controller if you have one already in use?

 

[Machina]

Is the Xbox one controller required for some games or can you use an existing 360 controller if you have one already in use?

There isn't really any special connection between the Rift and the controller. It's just included because.....reasons.

 

[NumberThree]

Nah, it looks good, black over grey is stylish even, supposing you have a good IPS monitor with good color range.

Grey on grey slightly less so

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Is the Xbox one controller required for some games or can you use an existing 360 controller if you have one already in use?

Both work fine. Technically any XInput device will work.

Since you get the free xbox one controller i dont know why you wouldn't use it. IMO the updated revision made it superior in every way.

 

[Compsiox]

Grey on grey slightly less so

The headers where it's grey were made last. Ill fix it tomorrow. Lol okay I gotta go. Too addicted.

 

[Mario]

Our game, Into the Dead, is a launch title too. It wasn't included in the "launch titles" coverage because they weren't sure it would get through QA in time (it did).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MuSihbRooI

Should be priced same as the GearVR version at US$8.99.

 

[Compsiox]

Our game, Into the Dead, is a launch title too. It wasn't included in the "launch titles" coverage because they weren't sure it would get through QA in time (it did).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MuSihbRooI

Should be priced same as the GearVR version at US$8.99.

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[Alx]

Both work fine. Technically any XInput device will work.

Since you get the free xbox one controller i dont know why you wouldn't use it. IMO the updated revision made it superior in every way.

Don't you need a dongle to use it wireless with a PC though ? It doesn't seem to be included in the box.
Random question : I guess the CV1 is now the best option for Rift developers ? Is there no downside to it for not being a dev kit ?

 

[Nexus Zero]

Shipping update: Kickstarter Rifts will start arriving Mon, pre-orders start shipping mid-week (likely Wed) and will arrive this week too.

https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/714289022227492864

I've had my 1-3 weeks email, so fingers crossed for the first batch. But I live in the UK so there's no way I'll be playing this by week's end.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Our game, Into the Dead, is a launch title too. It wasn't included in the "launch titles" coverage because they weren't sure it would get through QA in time (it did).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MuSihbRooI

Should be priced same as the GearVR version at US$8.99.

I think there are a few already released games that will release their VR update for the Rift today, coinciding with the launch.

 

[Compsiox]

https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/714289022227492864

I've had my 1-3 weeks email, so fingers crossed for the first batch. But I live in the UK so there's no way I'll be playing this by week's end.

A lot of Kickstarter backers are getting it and the NDA is up in the morning so there will be plenty to discuss.

Pray for tracking numbers ;-;

 

[dark10x]

Anyone have box measurements? I'll be transporting it on a plane as I did with DK2 (which seems fatter but narrorower)?

 

[KillerIsJed]

I was really hoping to have mine today, sadly that doesn't seem to be happening. I'll be very disappointed if I don't receive it by weeks end, and it I don't get it till after my Vive comes then I'll be salty.

 

[Sanpei]

Waiting for user impressions.....

 

[Mario]

I think there are a few already released games that will release their VR update for the Rift today, coinciding with the launch.

I imagine there will be though this is the first time Into the Dead has been released on PC.

We are also adding VR support into our game on Steam Early Access, Breakneck http://store.steampowered.com/app/432940/ though we are waiting to get our hands on a Vive to add support for that too, so that update is probably 6-8 weeks away.

 

[cheezcake]

what games are you dudes gonna get first up?

Adr1ft in a heartbeat. Maybe Chronos.