The very expensive Oculus Rift is available from March

7 Jan 2016

Steve Wright

The Oculus Rift, now available for pre-order, has been priced and dated.

Retailing for $599 USD or $920 AUD ($649 USD plus shipping costs), the virtual reality (VR) headset will be available from 28 March.

System requirements for the device are as follows:

Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater
Intel Core i5-4590 equivalent or greater
8 GB+ RAM
HDMI 1.3 video output
three USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2.0 port
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (64-bit) or newer

Will you pre-order an Oculus Rift, or is a it a little too expensive for your taste?

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.