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Oculus Rift S Announced; Coming This Spring for $399

Oculus Rift S

Today Oculus announced the Oculus Rift S, which is basically the next generation of the popular VR headset.

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The device will come this spring for $399, sporting improved optics with higher pixel density and increased comfort thanks to a design partnership with Lenovo (including better weight distribution and light blocking).

It includes the same integrated audio system from the Oculus Quest and Oculus Go, but still comes with an audio jack if you want to use your own.

While the Oculus Rift S uses the power of your PC to deliver its graphics and gameplay, another similarity with the Oculus Quest is the implementation of Oculus Insight, so it doesn’t need external sensors to do room-scale tracking.

Below you can find the hardware requirements, both on the recommended and minimum sides.

Recommended:

  • Graphics Card
    NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater
  • Alternative Graphics Card
    NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater
  • CPU
    Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater
  • Memory
    8GB+ RAM
  • Video Output
    Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output
  • USB Ports
    3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port
  • OS
    Windows 10

Minimum

  • Graphics Card
    NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater
  • Alternative Graphics Card
    NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater
  • CPU
    Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater
  • Memory
    8GB+ RAM
  • Video Output
    DisplayPortTM 1.2 source, Mini DisplayPortTM to DisplayPort Adapter (with mDP to DP adapter that is included in the box)
  • USB Ports
    1x USB 3.0 port
  • OS
    Windows 10

You can check out a trailer showing off the Oculus Rift S below.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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