Here’s How Much the Oculus Rift VR Headset Costs

Some people are reporting problems checking a box while pre-ordering the Oculus Rift to indicate that they wanted to reserve a Touch. As shown in the screenshot below, the headset costs $599 plus shipping in United States, the same goes to £499 in United Kingdom. While some may have prepared their bank accounts for the purchase already, Oculus won’t actually be charging for Rift pre-orders until the final release day comes along, which means those who pre-order aren’t “locked in”. If you don’t have one, Oculus can help you out – for another thousand dollars. A year ago in November, Samsung Gear VR was also introduced and works with select Samsung smartphones.

Everyone who qualifies in that category is going to get a special “Kickstarter Edition” of the virtual reality device for free! That’s in line with the price range for a headset and PC that Oculus executives had floated past year.

Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift will begin at precisely 8am PST (4pm GMT) on Wednesday 6th January 2016.

Here’s why and what you need to do. “Users can also check whether their current PC meets specs right now with the new Oculus compatibility tool”. The release of the headset should also please Facebook, which bought Oculus VR in 2014 for $2 billion. Oculus is bundling a copy of Lucky’s Tale, a VR platformer, with every Rift.

Valkyrie will put you in the cockpit of a spaceship in an intense multiplayer dogfight. The headsets will cost a whopping $600, which is quite a bit more than Oculus VR’s initial promises (originally they said Oculus Rift would be in the $300-400 range).

Everyone who backed the campaign in a large enough quantity to receive that Oculus DK1, that would be $275 or more, will receive an Oculus Rift for free.