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The
earliest investors in Oculus's fundraising campaign on
crowdfunding website Kickstarter in 2012 started receiving their
Rift headsets from Monday.
The first of the pre-orders will start shipping from mid-week,
Oculus said. (http://ocul.us/1URqQIL)
The company, founded in 2012, launched a campaign on Kickstarter
to raise $250,000. A couple of years later, Facebook bought
Oculus for about $2 billion.
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said that he saw
virtual reality as the next major computing platform.
This year, HTC Corp <2498.TW> and Sony Corp <6758.T> are also
set to launch their virtual reality devices as companies look to
offer enhanced gaming and entertainment experiences to
customers.
"The headset you can buy today is not Oculus's most ambitious
vision for virtual reality - but it's a vision that Oculus has
successfully delivered on," Adi Robertson of technology website
the Verge said in a review on Monday. (http://bit.ly/1pFhKBz)
The black headgear, priced at $599, comes with a remote, an
audio system, a sensor and an Xbox One wireless controller.
Oculus said there were more than 30 games available on the
Oculus Store and it would soon add feature-length movies and
more content.
(Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bengaluru; Editing by
Kirti Pandey)
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