10-01-2015 05:58 AM
“We are looking at an all-in price, if you have to go out and actually need to buy a new computer and you’re going to buy the Rift … at most you should be in that $1,500 range,” - Brendan Iribe (May 2015)There was much confusion over why one should position the cost of something as high as possible given that it's obvious to most that the rift requires a PC to function.... that it is in effect a PC peripheral.
Hardware partners Asus, Dell, and Alienware will all ship Oculus Rift-ready desktop PCs next year for under $1,000, in time for the Oculus Rift launch in Q1Asus have already given there offering some serious grunt with the http://www.asus.com/Tower-PCs/ROG-G20CB/ and the https://www.asus.com/Tower-PCs/G11CD/
10-01-2015 03:58 PM
"jyoun" wrote:
The $1k oculus ready PCs don't include a monitor and other essentials, do they, or are they so ready every is accomplished through the Rift? If not you might want to take those into account.
10-02-2015 05:28 AM
"ejz6837" wrote:
Well $399 plus tax is close to $500. If you order online it will be over $500 when you add shipping. In the UK $500 is about £330...which doesn't sound that bad...if you already have the PC...which you do, right 😉
10-02-2015 11:13 AM
10-03-2015 05:44 PM
10-03-2015 06:54 PM
"vizionvr" wrote:
Palmer weighed in a little bit on Reddit about this:
"In the interest of stamping out confusion: https://www.oculus.com/en-us/oculus-ready-pcs/
Starts at $949 next year. Prices could still come down a bit, and you can already build your own PC for quite a bit less than that, but don't expect to buy a prebuilt PC for $700!"
10-03-2015 10:07 PM
Actually the funny part is that they said CV1 with everything would be $1,500. Now that they release prices for a 1000$ PC ~ they have a wiggle room of about 500$ for the headset if you look at the break down.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/27/ocul ... s-pc-1500/
Why are people just now realizing this xD?
"willste" wrote:
Upgrades from DK2:
- Dual Custom OLED Screens
- Integrated Custom Audio
- Custom made lenses to remove/reduce SDE
- 360 tracking
- Adjustable IPD
Just to expain on that even more:
- Dual custom screens that hit 90Hz - custom and two meaning that it add cost x2
- Even more custom look that uses some higher quality fabric- custom meaning they add cost
- Custom made lenses - custom meaning they add cost
- More moving parts/IDP - moving parts meaning they add cost
All theses nicer features added cost on top of everything. Now, I don't think it'll be 500$ or something crazy like that, but I can sure seeing it being 400$. Anything higher might cause a back lash and would have to be justified at that point. Isn't Morpheus and Vive rumor to be around 450$ and 500-550$?
"Chivas" wrote:
I like the Vive unit, but think the Oculus might end up having better specs. Both are supposed to be using similar Oled resolution displays, but I suspect that the special VR enhanced display that Samsung in developing for the Rift might have better features, like a higher PPI, and/or smaller space between pixels, etc.
10-04-2015 10:05 AM
10-04-2015 10:17 AM
"Chivas" wrote:
So you believe Oculus did all the work on the Samsung GearVR just to get the same deal on a custom display as HTC Vive would get?
10-04-2015 11:00 AM
"RonsonPL" wrote:"Chivas" wrote:
So you believe Oculus did all the work on the Samsung GearVR just to get the same deal on a custom display as HTC Vive would get?
I believe all that Oculus got from the deal was 100% serving Oculus mobile VR plans.
This is just my blind shot though and I might be wrong. I want to be. But then again something just doesn't add up here. Samsung deal + FB money and... 1080x1200 resolution, no confirmation of RGB panel, no future deal already in motion, Oculus saying it doesn't know when the better resolution displays will start to exist and interviews where guys from Oculus say that the visit at Samsung opened their eyes on mobile VR.
And remember the "language of the politicians and PR guys". If all they (Samsung) did was just to change a backlight to make it 90Hz, it will still allow Palmer to say that the display is DEDICATED display which was built especially for their VR.
10-04-2015 11:06 AM