Almost immediately after scoring prices of consumer version Oculus Rift, founder of Oculus VR Lucky Palmer appeared on Reddit, where he received the opportunity to answer questions from public.The most unpleasant part of the conversation, of course, was an attempt to find out why the audience did not understand quite clear hints about the expected value of the consumer version Oculus Rift.
The founder of Oculus VR surprised how easily buyers refer to the existence of the smartphone market a comparable cost, the cost of production of which is many times less, while criticized for the high cost of Oculus Rift, which will be sold on the verge of profitability. He did another conclusion: Palmer Lucky own skills to preserve the intrigue is not so perfect, and from further forecasts on pricing, he will refrain..
Owners of Apple computers will have to forget about compatibility with Oculus Rift as long as the members of this platform does not appear worthy discrete graphics. Indeed, with the exception of specialized workstations, Apple technology for the sake of compactness and mobility have long switched to the integrated graphics capabilities which is clearly not enough to work with virtual reality.
Hardware requirements specified are the GeForce GTX 970 and Radeon R9 290 will suffice for games with moderate quality settings as explained founder of Oculus VR. Each eye Oculus Rift helmet must provide a frame refresh rate of 90 frame per second. For the most demanding games require higher performance graphics card.
The length of the standard cables used to connect the helmet Oculus Rift to the computer, do not exceed four meters.. However, as explained Palmer Lucky, nothing prevents the use of extension cords.