Oculus Rift preorders.

[ZenOps]

https://www.oculus.com/en-us/blog/oc...open-on-jan-6/

I know people are looking forward to this one. Could be awesome, could make you puke.

http://www.gizmag.com/new-consumer-g...ands-on/39589/

These inexpensive devices have the chance of changing the TV industry. Why buy a 200 inch TV when you can project one right into your head. Sell of some facebook shares and buy the end result.

[RX_EVOLV]

I've been playing with my Samsung VR / S6Edge+ for a few weeks now and it's soooooo fun. I can only imagine how much better this will be. Highly recommended!

[zipdoa]

I might build my first desktop in a decade to try this thing out.

[Mibz]

Tried it last year and it was way better than I was expecting, I'll definitely be ordering one.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I'd love to order one, but I'm curious what the price is. I figured the consumer version would be cheaper than the dev model, but a lot of sites seem to indicate otherwise.

[Mibz]

I think I heard $500 USD.

[zipdoa]

Originally posted by Mibz
I think I heard $500 USD.

Reasonable if it delivers.

Shit like this got me stoked:

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by Mibz
I think I heard $500 USD.

Well that's what I was expecting too. From part perspective, is shouldn't cost any more than a 10" tablet. It's how much R&D they want to priced in there.

Playstation VR is expected to be about the same as the launch price of PS4.

Seems like all 3 doesn't want to release their price first just to be undercut by competitor a few days later.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by Xtrema
Seems like all 3 doesn't want to release their price first just to be undercut by competitor a few days later.

If it were holiday season and it were all about getting as many units out the door as possible then I'd probably agree, but I think, at the moment, Oculus has the name to justify charging whatever they want. I don't see anybody who's interested in OR right now saying "Why would I buy this when I could spend $50 less on one of the competitors?".

Maybe that's just Oculus marketing working really well on me, I dunno. Until proven otherwise, I trust Oculus to get this right better than anybody else.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by Mibz
If it were holiday season and it were all about getting as many units out the door as possible then I'd probably agree, but I think, at the moment, Oculus has the name to justify charging whatever they want. I don't see anybody who's interested in OR right now saying "Why would I buy this when I could spend $50 less on one of the competitors?".

Maybe that's just Oculus marketing working really well on me, I dunno. Until proven otherwise, I trust Oculus to get this right better than anybody else.

Ok, just read up the spec on final unit. My guess is closer to $1000 than $500. And the only competitor is HTC who isn't ready to ship yet. Both are on PC Gaming platform where $1000 monitor is more acceptable.

Playstation VR would not fight in the same segment.

[UndrgroundRider]

Apparently if you were an original backer they are sending you one for free. Just filled in my survey to get my unit. Pretty sweet deal. Best $330 I ever spent on kickstarter, that's for sure.

[JustinL]

I've been hearing it's closer to $400USD. That would be a pretty good deal as it's got a bunch of upgrades over the DK2.

Combining The Oculus with iracing is definitely an experience that all gear heads should try. It's really, really cool. Totally a game changer when it comes to sims, both flight and racing. My dream is that Disney makes a new version of the old X-wing series that's VR compatible. How cool would that be to do a trench run in VR.

[Cos]

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[schocker]

Opens at 9am here, but I am guessing it is all in USD so I will probably hold off for a while until I see some reviews.

https://www.oculus.com/en-us/

[Disoblige]

$599 USD
$849 CAD :o

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I can't even get onto the site. Not as bad as I thought, still more than I want to pay.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by Mibz
I'll definitely be ordering one.

Originally posted by Disoblige
$849 CAD

[firebane]

Lets not also forget you need a good system to even use this thing so factor that in as well.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by Disoblige
$599 USD
$849 CAD :o

lol, I was right (after CAD conversion).

Now we have to see if Sony can stick with their pricing target of $400ish.

[ZenOps]

Wheeew.. Too rich for me.

Maybe if we had a $1.10 dollar.