Oculus today revealed more information on their Oculus Ready PC lineup, and announced that PC and headset bundle pre-orders will begin February 16th.

Oculus announced that starting February 16 at 8am PT (click here for local time), you’ll be able to pre-order Oculus Ready PCs and PC/Rift bundles from Best Buy, Amazon, and the Microsoft Store starting at $1,499 USD. Currently only US branches of the partner shops are showing availability.

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If you missed the pre-order wave for the Oculus Rift headset back in early January, there’s a chance you may be able to skip the long queue with PC-headset bundles shipping “for a limited time only… in limited quantities to select countries and regions from retail partners starting in April,” though Oculus hasn’t been clear if the pre-order backlog will cause delays for these bundles.

Each pre-order bundle will include the complete Oculus Rift headset with all the trimmings, and of course EVE: Valkyrie Founder’s Pack, and Lucky’s Tale.

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Oculus Ready PCs are made to meet or pass the company’s recommended specs (listed below) and come in under $999 (excluding the headset). If you’re not ready to shell out for a whole new rig, and want to throw a few odd parts into your computer, a quick download of the Oculus Compatibility Tool will let you see if your current system is up to snuff.

Oculus Recommended Specs

  • 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
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Note from Oculus: For those who’ve already pre-ordered Rift, you’ll be able to purchase discounted Oculus Ready PCs in select countries and regions. To claim your discount, check your order status and opt into partner offers if you haven’t already. Offer codes will appear on your order status page February 16.

Developed in conjunction with AVADirect, Road to VR’s Exemplar Ultimate PC is packed with powerful components that go above and beyond the Oculus Recommended specification. It’s also the test platform used by Road to VR for benchmarks and reviews of virtual reality hardware and experiences, giving readers a reference point for high-end VR hardware.

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Scott Hayden
Well before the first modern XR products hit the market, Scott recognized the potential of the technology and set out to understand and document its growth. He has been professionally reporting on the space for nearly a decade as Editor at Road to VR, authoring more than 4,000 articles on the topic. Scott brings that seasoned insight to his reporting from major industry events across the globe.
  • Maria da Cunha

    Super luxury. Almost obscene!

    • CURTROCK

      $1500 for a gaming PC and a cutting edge VR system is neither super luxury, nor obscene. A lot of gamers spend $1500 just on their PC.

      • FloridaOJ

        That’s a troll, btw.

  • P. Pzwski

    ‘Pc-Console’. Nice idea. Mounting PC is very simple, and much more cheaper. However better is to have consumer-idiots, because they will buy whatever we want for any price. This is not MAC with one kind of parts.

    What kind of 970 (which edition)? What motherboard? What RAM (how fast)? What HDD (SSD? speed? which company?)? What kind of cooling (also in case)? How strong (in reality) power supply? In case of pre-built PC’s the answers always are the same – cheapest/worst.

  • Alan Smithson

    This will open up VR to the masses.