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First Look at the Rift, Shipping Q1 2016

Gypsy816
Expert Protege
Since the earliest days of the Oculus Kickstarter, the Rift has been shaped by gamers, backers, developers, and enthusiasts around the world. Today, we’re incredibly excited to announce that the Oculus Rift will be shipping to consumers in Q1 2016, with pre-orders later this year.

The Rift delivers on the dream of consumer VR with compelling content, a full ecosystem, and a fully-integrated hardware/software tech stack designed specifically for virtual reality. It’s a system designed by a team of extremely passionate gamers, developers, and engineers to reimagine what gaming can be.


A first look at what the world can expect in Q1 2016

The Oculus Rift builds on the presence, immersion, and comfort of the Crescent Bay prototype with an improved tracking system that supports both seated and standing experiences, as well as a highly refined industrial design, and updated ergonomics for a more natural fit.


A peek inside the Oculus Rift

In the weeks ahead, we’ll be revealing the details around hardware, software, input, and many of our unannounced made-for-VR games and experiences coming to the Rift. Next week, we’ll share more of the technical specifications here on the Oculus blog.

Virtual reality is going to transform gaming, film, entertainment, communication, and much more. If you’re interested in building a next-generation VR game or application, everything you need to start developing for the Rift is available at the Oculus Developer Center.

E3 is just around the corner — this is only the beginning.

– The Oculus Team
Oculus Community Manager - kweh!
507 REPLIES 507

VizionVR
Rising Star
First, congratulations to Team Oculus!
Second, what are the Input specs? 🙂
Not a Rift fanboi. Not a Vive fanboi. I'm a VR fanboi. Get it straight.

Xtrasmiley
Honored Guest
Awesome!

Anonymous
Not applicable
YES!! I'm looking forward to seeing the specs next week.

genetransfer
Explorer
looks great can't wait to hear more! congratulations.

Luciferous
Consultant
I almost fell off of my chair when I saw the updated website and immediately dashed to the order section. Great stuff 😄

saviornt
Protege
This is.. random. I would have expected a launch announcement at one of the conferences (e3). There goes my prediction for a Nov 2015 launch ><

Congrats guys!
Current WIPs using Unreal Engine 4: Agrona - Tales of an Era: Medieval Fantasy MORPG

vrcover
Explorer
Coooongratulations. The fog has cleared and I see a shiny valley ahead!

EricV1992
Honored Guest
Congratulation guys! The lead up to E3 going to be interesting.

_Deleted_Us2025
Honored Guest
Nice one guys!! Totally awesome news!!

Nice to have a solid release date target to aim for in regards to game development projects 😄
Lupus, lone developer at Lupus Solus. Currently working on Push For Emor. http://www.indiedb.com/games/push-for-emor http://www.twitter.com/pushforemor