Oculus Rift Pre-Orders Now Open, First Shipments March 28th

Oculus VR today announced that Rift is now available to pre-order for $599 USD on Oculus.com and it will ship starting March 28th. Rift will also be available in limited locations at select retailers starting in April.

Rift includes the headset with built-in headphones and mic, sensor, an Xbox One controller, and a copy of Lucky’s Tale, the VR platformer developed by Playful. Rift also includes the Oculus Remote. When you pre-order Rift, you’ll also secure your place in line for Touch pre-orders later this year.

All Rift pre-orders include access to EVE: Valkyrie through the Founder’s Pack, which will include exclusive in-game content, founder status in Valkyrie, and much more. Details about everything included in the EVE: Valkyrie Founder’s Pack will be revealed soon.

In 2016 alone, Oculus Studios will introduce more than 20 games that are coming exclusively to Oculus this year, including Rockband VR by Harmonix, Edge of Nowhere by Insomniac, and The Climb by Crytek. Additional titles will be announced soon.

For the full Rift experience, the following PC specs are recommended:

• Graphics card: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD R9 290 equivalent or greater
• Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
• Memory: 8GB+ RAM
• Output: Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
• Input: 3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port
• Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 64 bit or newer

You can also check whether your current PC meets the recommended specification right now with the new Oculus compatibility tool.

Bundles that include an Oculus Ready PC and a Rift will be available for pre-order in February starting at $1499.