Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook will begin pre-orders for its much anticipated virtual reality headset, Rift, from Wednesday the day gadget conference Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2016) opens its doors.
The Rift will be bundled with these games: Lucky’s Tale and EVE:Valkyrie, the company said in a blog post.
EVE: Valkyrie Oculus Rift Demo
The price however so far remains unavailable.
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey will field questions during a Reddit AMA set to begin at 6:00 pm on Wednesday (0200 GMT Thursday).
Oculus VR wooed software makers in September with the promise of a budding “virtual reality era” and an alliance with streaming television powerhouse Netflix.
Some 1,500 people already intrigued by the potential of virtual reality packed the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles for keynote presentations at a second annual Oculus Connect developers conference.
Facebook bought Oculus VR last year in a deal valued at $2 billion (roughly Rs. 13,291 crores), heralding virtual reality as the next generation computing platform and one that will let people instantly “travel” to new places.
The Consumer Electronics Show is expected to feature an array of virtual reality offerings hoping to challenge headsets to be fielded by Oculus, Sony, and Valve.