Sale the final version of virtual reality glasses will start in the 1st quarter of next year.

the Most famous goggles (helmet virtual reality Oculus Rift will go on sale in the first quarter of 2016, and pre-orders can be made in the current year, reported by on the manufacturer's website. And this, finally, is not a prototype, and the final sample gadget. About the cost of the device is not reported, but previously it was assumed that she will be at the level of $ 300.



the Oculus Rift is a prototype of a virtual reality helmet, designed by Oculus VR. Led developers are 21-year-old fan of video games Palmer Lucky and founder of id Software John Carmack. According to Forbes, in 2013 in this startup has invested more than $ 90 million.

With the review of the first version of the Oculus Rift can be found here. In 2013, was presented the second developer version of the Oculus Rift DK2, the main change which has become Super AMOLED screen used in the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. The display has a resolution h pixels and outputs image for each eye in h points.

In September 2014 was presented the third version of the helmet Oculus Rift Crescent Bay. She's got a higher resolution display, built-in headphones and improved tracking of the movements of the gamer.

In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus VR for $ 2 billion. Founder of the social network, mark Zuckerberg thinks that virtual reality is the future.

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