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Does anyone know when this will be released? It says Prototype Model and then there is a developer kit. I am not a big fan of Developer Kit as they tend to be f

Does anyone know when this will be released? It says Prototype Model and then there is a developer kit. I am not a big fan of Developer Kit as they tend to be far from ready to be a consumer product. Also add the price factor. Ditto goes to Google Glass which has a developer edition for $1500 (of course only for selected/invited ones) but if it ever becomes a reality i.e. meaning a real consumer product and drops the price to $300 then I will not be happy since it cost me $1200 more and the latest model may have better h/w components.

sekasi 13y ago
If that difference in price versus getting it early to tinker bothers you, then you're probably not that interested in the product to begin with ;)
modeless 13y ago
They are likely to release a consumer product late this year or early next year, with an updated dev kit coming some time before that. Always subject to change of course since this is bleeding edge tech, but they can't delay too much or they risk Microsoft or Sony beating them to the punch.
- blah32497 13y ago
  "they risk Microsoft or Sony beating them to the punch" I very curious what the competition is doing. They're obviously working on competing products, but nothing has been made public.
  - modeless 13y ago
    Sony has a head-tracking HMD at CES, but it's nowhere close to competing with the Rift. Yet. http://www.tested.com/tech/tvs/459687-ces-2014-impressions-sonys-head-tracking-hmd-prototype/ http://www.tested.com/tech/tvs/459687-ces-2014-impressions-s...
- swalsh 13y ago
  I personally just can't imagine Microsoft or Sony beating them in this space... at least not for a very long time. One of the key advantages Oculus has is their staff, besides being made up of some of the most amazing programmers of our time (Carmack) they're also devoted gamers. Palmer literally created the oculus because he REALLY wanted it. There's a drive towards perfection that I just can't imagine a large company replicating as well.

sekasi 13y ago

If that difference in price versus getting it early to tinker bothers you, then you're probably not that interested in the product to begin with ;)

modeless 13y ago

They are likely to release a consumer product late this year or early next year, with an updated dev kit coming some time before that. Always subject to change of course since this is bleeding edge tech, but they can't delay too much or they risk Microsoft or Sony beating them to the punch.

blah32497 13y ago
"they risk Microsoft or Sony beating them to the punch" I very curious what the competition is doing. They're obviously working on competing products, but nothing has been made public.
- modeless 13y ago
  Sony has a head-tracking HMD at CES, but it's nowhere close to competing with the Rift. Yet. http://www.tested.com/tech/tvs/459687-ces-2014-impressions-sonys-head-tracking-hmd-prototype/ http://www.tested.com/tech/tvs/459687-ces-2014-impressions-s...
swalsh 13y ago
I personally just can't imagine Microsoft or Sony beating them in this space... at least not for a very long time. One of the key advantages Oculus has is their staff, besides being made up of some of the most amazing programmers of our time (Carmack) they're also devoted gamers. Palmer literally created the oculus because he REALLY wanted it. There's a drive towards perfection that I just can't imagine a large company replicating as well.