Oculus Rift is virtual reality (VR) headset developed by Oculus VR. It was initially funded via a Kickstarter campaign, where it managed to raise US$2.5 million for development of the product. Oculus Rift is scheduled for release on 28 March 2016. The headset currently can be pre-ordered for retail price of $599.99.
System requirements
Oculus Rift has the following hardware and system requirements:
- Video Card NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 equivalent or greater
- CPU Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
- Memory 8GB+ RAM
- Video Output Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
- USB Ports 3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port
- OS Windows 7 SP1 64 bit or newer
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