The Oculus virtual reality helmet, which has been hyped for three years, is finally on sale

Oculus, a virtual reality company that has been popular for two or three years, has started pre-selling its helmets. However, the price is really not cheap at all, 599 US dollars per set, which is about 3,600 yuan in RMB. The problem is that this does not include taxes and shipping costs. If these two items are added, plus shipping costs and taxes, it will cost 680 US dollars to deliver to the United States.

Despite the high price, the pre-order page on the Oculus official website crashed for about ten minutes after the pre-sale started due to excessive load.

The Oculus Rift equipment set, from left to right, includes sensors, microphones, helmets, and game controllers.

In addition, Oculus has included two games, Lucky' Tale, a casual game with a cute fox as the protagonist, and EVE: Valkyrie, a space-themed shooting game.

Two pre-installed games

The Oculus Rift kit is expected to be available in 20 cities, with the earliest batch going on sale at the end of March this year, and generally speaking you may have to wait until April.

In addition to the helmet set, Oculus will also launch a $1,499 PC + Oculus Rift bundle in February. However, considering the faster pace of PC upgrades, it is estimated that the price of this bundle will have room for price reduction in the future.

This company, which became popular on the crowdfunding platform in 2012, only started the process of commercializing its products this year. Whether it was last year or this year's CES, Oculus was the virtual reality manufacturer with the largest booth and the longest queue. At the beginning of last year, the virtual reality helmet Oculus Crescent Bay they demonstrated had a breakthrough in pixels and smoothness, and was once considered the best virtual reality product.

Therefore, the market is watching Oculus's situation. If they also fail in commercialization, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the virtual reality industry. Just like the augmented reality glasses Google Glass back then, Oculus is at the forefront of the virtual reality industry this year.