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Oculus Rift
Basic Info
VR/AR Virtual Reality
Type Head-mounted display
Subtype PC-Powered VR
Platform Oculus Rift (Platform)
Developer Oculus VR
Announcement Date May 6, 2015 (Q1 2016 shipping window); June 11, 2015 (consumer design revealed)
Release Date March 28, 2016
Price US$599 at launch (headset, sensor, Oculus Remote, Xbox One controller); US$399 for Rift + Touch from October 2017
Website https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/
Versions Kickstarter Edition (free to 2012 DK1 backers); Rift + Touch bundle (from July 2017); Oculus for Business bundle (from October 2017)
Requires Windows PC with HDMI 1.3 video output and USB 3.0 ports
Predecessor Oculus Rift DK2
Successor Oculus Rift S
System
Operating System Windows (Windows 10 or later since January 14, 2020)
Display
Display Two AMOLED panels with low persistence
Resolution 2160 x 1200 (1080 x 1200 per eye)
Refresh Rate 90 Hz
Image
Field of View 100 degrees (Oculus launch specification, as listed by Road to VR); 110 degrees per PCWorld
Optics
Optics Asymmetric hybrid Fresnel lenses (non-interchangeable)
Ocularity Binocular
IPD Range 58 mm to 72 mm (mechanical)
Tracking
Tracking 6DoF Outside-in tracking (Constellation infrared LEDs and Oculus Sensor cameras)
Audio
Audio Integrated removable on-ear headphones
Microphone Built-in MEMS microphone
Connectivity
Connectivity Single 4 m tethered cable with HDMI and USB connectors; 2.5 m sensor cable
Ports HDMI 1.3, USB 3.0
Device
Weight 470 g (Road to VR, 2017); 360 g in Oculus' launch specifications as listed by Road to VR
Material Plastic and fabric
Color Black
Sensors 6-axis inertial sensor (Bosch BMI055), magnetometer
Input Xbox One controller, Oculus Remote, Oculus Touch (from December 2016)
See also: Oculus Rift (Platform)

The Oculus Rift (also known as the Oculus Rift CV1, for Consumer Version 1, or simply the Rift) is a tethered virtual reality head-mounted display developed by Oculus VR and released on March 28, 2016. It was the first consumer headset in the Rift line, which began with the Oculus Rift DK1 and Oculus Rift DK2 development kits, and it runs software from the Oculus Rift platform on a Windows PC.[1][2] Unlike the development kits, it was sold to consumers. It has two AMOLED displays with a combined resolution of 2160 x 1200 at 90 Hz, built-in removable headphones, and Constellation outside-in tracking that uses infrared LEDs on the headset and an external Oculus Sensor camera.[3][4]

The headset launched at US$599 with a sensor, an Xbox One controller and the Oculus Remote; the Oculus Touch motion controllers followed on December 6, 2016.[1][5] A series of price cuts brought the Rift and Touch bundle to a permanent US$399 in October 2017.[6] Oculus announced the Oculus Rift S as its replacement on March 20, 2019, and in September 2020 Facebook said it would stop making PC-only VR hardware.[7][8]

Reviewed 12 October 2026. Every cited source reopened: Oculus/Meta blog posts and help page on announcement, specs, pricing, Touch, Rift S and PC requirements; Facebook and Microsoft newsroom posts; iFixit teardown; Road to VR, TechCrunch, Engadget, PCWorld, UploadVR, SlashGear, The Register, CNET and TechRadar reports and reviews (PCMag and Ars Technica could not be fetched). About review dates.

Announcement and release

Background

The Rift began as a Kickstarter campaign by Oculus VR. The campaign ended on September 1, 2012, with US$2,437,429 pledged by 9,522 backers against a US$250,000 goal.[9] Two development kits followed, the Oculus Rift DK1 and the Oculus Rift DK2. On March 25, 2014, Facebook announced that it would acquire Oculus VR for about US$2 billion: US$400 million in cash and 23.1 million Facebook shares valued at US$1.6 billion, plus a US$300 million earn-out tied to milestones.[10]

Announcement

On May 6, 2015, Oculus announced that the consumer Rift would ship in the first quarter of 2016, with pre-orders to open later in 2015. The post said the headset "builds on the presence, immersion, and comfort of the Crescent Bay prototype" and would have an improved tracking system for seated and standing use.[11] On May 15, 2015, Oculus chief architect Atman Binstock published the resolution (2160 x 1200 at 90 Hz across two displays) and the recommended PC specification. He wrote that the Rift needs 233 million pixels per second, and about 400 million shaded pixels per second at the default eye-target scale, against 124 million for a 1080p game at 60 Hz. He also said that development for OS X and Linux had been paused so the team could focus on a Windows launch.[4][12]

Oculus showed the final consumer design at its "Step into the Rift" press event in San Francisco on June 11, 2015, ahead of E3.[13] It described two AMOLED displays with low persistence, custom optics, an infrared LED "constellation tracking system" for 360-degree orientation and position tracking, removable integrated headphones, a built-in microphone, a lens-spacing adjustment and a replaceable foam facial interface. The same event introduced the "Half Moon" prototype of Oculus Touch and named EVE: Valkyrie from CCP Games, Chronos and Edge of Nowhere among the first made-for-VR games.[3][14] Microsoft announced on the same day that every Rift would ship with a wireless Xbox One controller and the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows, that the Rift would work natively with Windows 10, and that Xbox One games could be streamed to a virtual screen in the headset.[15] Oculus also announced US$10 million in funding for independent VR developers.[14]

Pre-orders and launch

On January 5, 2016, Oculus said that backers of the 2012 Kickstarter who had pledged for a DK1 would receive a free "Kickstarter Edition" of the consumer Rift if they completed a survey before February 1, 2016, and had a shipping address in a launch country.[16]

Pre-orders opened on January 6, 2016, at US$599, with shipments to start on March 28 in 20 countries and regions and limited retail availability from April. The box contained the headset with built-in headphones and microphone, one sensor, an Xbox One controller and the Oculus Remote. Lucky's Tale was included with every Rift, and pre-orders received EVE: Valkyrie through the Founder's Pack.[1] At Vision Summit 2016, Palmer Luckey announced that buyers would also get four months of Unity Professional Edition, which normally cost US$75 per month.[17]

On February 10, 2016, Oculus announced the first "Oculus Ready" PCs from ASUS, Alienware and Dell. Bundles of an Oculus-certified PC and a Rift went on pre-order on February 16 at Best Buy, Amazon and the Microsoft Store, starting at US$1,499 for a limited time.[18]

The Rift was released on March 28, 2016.[2] Deliveries were slower than planned. On April 2, Oculus told customers it was "working through an unexpected component shortage" that affected the original shipping estimates for some early buyers, and CEO Brendan Iribe said that all orders placed on or before April 1 would ship free, with shipping costs refunded to customers who had already received their headsets.[19]

Oculus Touch

At Oculus Connect 3 on October 6, 2016, Oculus set the Oculus Touch release for December 6 at US$199, with pre-orders from October 10. Each Touch package added a second sensor and a Rock Band VR connector, and pre-orders came with The Unspoken and VR Sports Challenge.[5] Engadget reported that the two included sensors gave basic positioning but not full room-scale tracking, which required a third sensor sold for US$79.[20] Oculus first treated two-sensor 360-degree and three-sensor room-scale setups as experimental. A May 2017 software update moved three-sensor room-scale tracking out of beta, while two-sensor 360-degree tracking remained experimental.[21]

Price history

Date Change Source
January 6, 2016 Pre-orders open at US$599 (headset, sensor, Oculus Remote, Xbox One controller) [1]
February 16, 2016 Oculus Ready PC bundles on pre-order from US$1,499 [18]
December 6, 2016 Oculus Touch released at US$199 (Rift plus Touch: US$798) [20][6]
March 1, 2017 Rift cut to US$499 and Touch to US$99, announced at GDC [22]
July 10, 2017 "Summer of Rift" sale: Rift + Touch bundle US$399 for a limited time, with US$499 announced as the price after the sale [23]
October 11, 2017 Rift + Touch bundle set permanently at US$399 at Oculus Connect 4 [6]
October 11, 2017 Oculus for Business bundle at US$900 [24]
April 2020 Refurbished Rift + Touch sold by Oculus for US$300 for a limited time [25]

TechCrunch summarized the year before the October 2017 announcement as a bundle price that moved "from $798 to $598 to $499 to $399 to $499" before settling at US$399, with no hardware changes. In its report from Oculus Connect 4, TechCrunch quoted Facebook's VP of VR, Hugo Barra: "The best VR system at the best price. End of story."[6]

The Rift + Touch bundle introduced in July 2017 contained the headset, Touch controllers and two sensors. It dropped the Xbox One controller and wireless adapter, the Oculus Remote, the USB extension cable and the Rock Band VR adapter, and it shipped with a single, less dense foam facial interface in place of the earlier two-density foam.[26] The Oculus for Business bundle announced on October 11, 2017, included the Rift, Touch controllers, three sensors and three facial interfaces, plus extended licenses, extended warranties and dedicated support.[27]

In February 2017 Oculus began selling replacement parts: the Remote for US$29, the headset cable for US$49, the on-ear headphones for US$39 and the foam "Fit" facial interface for US$29.[28]

Design and hardware

Design and ergonomics

The Rift has an all-black body covered in fabric, with rigid side arms and a top strap. Oculus described putting it on as "as easy to put as slipping on a baseball cap" and said the strap design offloads weight from the face.[3] In its launch review, Road to VR called it "the most aesthetically pleasing headset" of those due in 2016. The reviewer noted that comfort depends on fit: the rear triangle should sit low on the head so the top strap carries most of the weight. The dial for interpupillary distance (IPD) on the bottom of the headset is its only control.[29] The foam facial interface is removable and attaches with clips.[3][30] Only one facial interface shipped in the box. For users who wear glasses with the default interface, Oculus recommended frames no wider than 142 mm and no taller than 50 mm.[29]

Sources give two weights. Road to VR's launch review listed Oculus' official specifications as 360 grams (0.8 pounds), with a 4 m headset cable and a 2.5 m sensor cable.[31] In a 2017 comparison with the HTC Vive, Road to VR gave the Rift's weight as 470 grams.[32] A single cable connects the headset to the PC and ends in HDMI and USB connectors. It is 4 meters long, and the replacement cable Oculus sold in 2017 was the same length.[28]

Display and optics

Oculus described the displays as two AMOLED panels with low persistence.[3] Together they give 2160 x 1200 pixels (1080 x 1200 per eye) at 90 Hz.[4] In its March 2016 teardown, iFixit found that each display measures 90 mm and calculated roughly 456 pixels per inch, between the iPhone 6s Plus (401 ppi) and the Galaxy S7 (576 ppi).[30] Ars Technica's report on the teardown gave the density as 461 ppi.[33]

Each display sits under its own lens, and the two lens and display assemblies move on a dual rack-and-pinion mechanism to match the user's IPD.[30] Oculus says the mechanism adjusts the lens separation from 58 mm to 72 mm, with the headset best suited to users between 56 mm and 74 mm.[34] The development kits used simple circular aspheric lenses. The consumer Rift's lenses are non-removable, asymmetric "hybrid" Fresnel lenses, and focus is adjusted by moving the headset up or down on the face.[30][35]

Road to VR's review listed Oculus' official field of view as 100 degrees, the figure Oculus had also given for the DK2, though the reviewer wrote that the consumer Rift's field of view "certainly feels larger". PCWorld's review gave 110 degrees.[31][36]

Road to VR described the display as "a huge step up" over earlier Oculus headsets, with a screen door effect that was "very minimal". Its main criticism was a light-ray artifact from the Fresnel lenses (often called god rays), which appears around high-contrast elements such as white text on a black background. The reviewer called it "a glaring fault in an otherwise impressive display and optics system".[31][35]

Tracking

The Rift uses Oculus' Constellation system for six-degree-of-freedom outside-in tracking. Infrared LEDs under the fabric are tracked by the Oculus Sensor, an external USB camera that stands on the desk.[3][30] iFixit found three infrared LED arrays (top, bottom and strap), driven by three Texas Instruments TLC59401 16-channel LED drivers. A ribbon cable runs through the headband to feed the rear LEDs, which let the sensor track the headset when the user turns away.[30][35] Orientation comes from a Bosch Sensortec BMI055 6-axis inertial measurement unit (accelerometer and gyroscope) and a magnetometer.[30]

The launch package had one sensor and was designed for seated and standing VR; Oculus' May 2015 announcement described the tracking as supporting "seated and standing experiences".[11] Road to VR found that the tracking "works flawlessly" and was better at 90 Hz than the DK2's 75 Hz, with rear tracking still working when the reviewer's head was turned 90 degrees from the sensor.[31] PCWorld reported less accurate tracking when facing away from the camera and a small tracked area, and wrote that the headset was "clearly not designed with room-scale VR in mind".[36] The Oculus Touch controllers use the same Constellation tracking. Two- and three-sensor setups for 360-degree and room-scale play arrived with Touch (see above).[20][21]

Audio

The Rift has integrated on-ear headphones that hang from the side arms instead of pressing on the ears. They clip onto termination points on the harness and can be removed so users can connect their own headphones.[3][37] iFixit found a MEMS microphone at the bottom of the case and a CMedia CM119BN USB audio controller on the main board.[30] Road to VR reported that the Rift's spatial audio used licensed techniques from VisiSonics' RealSpace system.[37] Oculus licensed RealSpace in October 2014; it combines head-related transfer functions, room models and head tracking to place sounds in 3D space.[38]

Some headsets later developed audio failures. In February 2019, Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey said a design flaw that only showed up well after launch caused components to fail with prolonged use. He offered a free repair kit, the Rift Repair One, to people who had bought their headsets from him, the earliest units, which were by then out of warranty; Oculus reportedly replaced affected units that were still under warranty.[39]

Electronics

iFixit's teardown identified the following main chips and gave the headset a repairability score of 7 out of 10. The cable connector, earpieces and face pad were easy to replace; the head strap could not be replaced without cutting the fabric.[30]

Component Function
STMicroelectronics STM32F072VB ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller
Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 Bluetooth Smart system-on-chip
Toshiba TC358870XBG 4K HDMI to MIPI dual-DSI converter
Cypress CYUSB3304 USB 3.0 hub controller
CMedia CM119BN USB audio controller
Bosch Sensortec BMI055 6-axis inertial sensor
Texas Instruments TLC59401 (x3) 16-channel LED drivers for the tracking LEDs
Winbond W25Q64FVZPIG 64 Mb serial flash

Specifications

Part Specification
Display Two AMOLED panels, low persistence[3]
Resolution 2160 x 1200 (1080 x 1200 per eye)[4]
Pixel density About 456 ppi (iFixit)[30]; 461 ppi (Ars Technica)[33]
Refresh rate 90 Hz[4]
Field of view 100 degrees (Oculus specification, via Road to VR)[31]; 110 degrees (PCWorld)[36]
Optics Asymmetric hybrid Fresnel lenses[30]
IPD adjustment 58-72 mm, mechanical[34]
Tracking 6DoF, Constellation infrared LEDs and external Oculus Sensor[3]
Inertial sensors Accelerometer, gyroscope (BMI055), magnetometer[30]
Audio Removable integrated headphones, built-in microphone[3]
Connectivity 4 m headset cable with HDMI and USB connectors[28]; 2.5 m sensor cable[31]
Weight 470 g (Road to VR, 2017)[32]; 360 g (Oculus launch specification, via Road to VR)[31]

PC requirements

Oculus' recommended specification at launch was an NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD 290 equivalent or better, an Intel i5-4590 equivalent or better, 8 GB or more of RAM, Windows 7 SP1 or newer, and an HDMI 1.3 output supporting a 297 MHz clock. The 2015 specification asked for two USB 3.0 ports.[4] Meta's current requirements page lists three USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2.0 port as recommended. Its minimum is one USB 3.0 port and two USB 2.0 ports.[40] At launch, PCWorld reported that the Oculus software checked the PC against a list of approved hardware rather than measured performance, and showed a warning on systems outside that list.[36]

On October 6, 2016, Oculus lowered the minimum specification to an NVIDIA GTX 960 and an Intel i3-6100 or AMD FX4350. The change was made possible by Asynchronous Spacewarp, which lets an application render at 45 frames per second while the runtime inserts a synthetic frame between each pair of real frames to keep the headset at 90 Hz. At the same time a CyberPowerPC system was offered for US$500.[41]

The Rift platform stopped supporting Windows 7 and 8.1 on January 14, 2020, and Windows 10 is now the minimum operating system. Meta's page lists these requirements for the original Rift:[40]

Component Recommended Minimum
Processor Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater
Graphics NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater (alternatively GTX 970 / Radeon R9 290) NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater (alternatively GTX 960 4GB / Radeon R9 290)
Memory 8 GB+ RAM 8 GB+ RAM
Operating system Windows 10+ Windows 10+
USB ports 3x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0
Video output Compatible HDMI 1.3 Compatible HDMI 1.3

Software and features

The Rift runs on the Oculus PC platform, which includes the desktop app, the Oculus Home environment and the Oculus Store. Road to VR found setup "buttery smooth" compared with the development kits, with a wizard that tells the user what to plug in and when. It noted that Home loads as soon as the headset is put on, and that the headset pauses the game and turns off the display when it is taken off.[42] PCWorld criticized the launch software: installs were limited to the C: drive, it saw crashes and wake-from-sleep bugs, and running games from outside the store, including Steam games, required changing an options setting.[36]

The first major software update, Rift Core 2.0, entered public beta on December 6, 2017, through the Public Test Channel. It added a customizable Home and Dash, an interface for using the PC desktop from inside VR (the full overlay requires Windows 10), along with a redesigned desktop app.[43]

On March 7, 2018, Rift headsets worldwide stopped working with a "Can't reach Oculus Runtime Service" error. Oculus' Windows code-signing certificate, generated in 2015, had expired, so Windows would not run the runtime service, and the software could not update itself. Oculus released a manual patch and gave a US$15 Oculus Store credit to anyone who had used a Rift since February 1, 2018.[44]

Input devices

  • Xbox One controller: included in the original Rift package with the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows, and dropped from the Rift + Touch bundle introduced in July 2017.[15][26]
  • Oculus Remote: a small remote for menus and media, included in the original package and dropped from the July 2017 Rift + Touch bundle. Road to VR found it paired automatically and called it "the easiest way to start poking around in VR".[42]
  • Oculus Touch: tracked hand controllers, released December 6, 2016.[5]

Apps

Software for the headset is listed at Oculus Rift Apps, from Oculus Share and the Oculus Store. The January 2016 announcement promised more than 100 titles by the end of 2016, including Minecraft, and named the Oculus Studios games Rock Band VR, Edge of Nowhere and The Climb.[1] EVE: Valkyrie was included with every pre-order, and Lucky's Tale with every Rift.[1]

Reception

Launch reviews praised the hardware and the experience but pointed to the price, the PC requirements and the missing motion controllers. Road to VR called the Rift "near-perfect execution" of Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter promise. It named the lack of motion controllers at launch as the main gap compared with the HTC Vive.[42] PCWorld's Hayden Dingman wrote that the Rift "truly transports you inside virtual worlds" but that the first release was "rife with bugs and steep system requirements".[36] In a roundup of launch reviews, The Register noted that The Verge scored the headset 8/10. The Wall Street Journal's Geoffrey Fowler called it "the 2016 product you hope your neighbor buys", and CNET advised against buying one right away.[45][46]

TechRadar's review lists the snug fit, the VR games and a growing list of movies and apps as strengths, and nausea in some experiences, the minimum PC requirements and the cost as weaknesses. It describes the consumer Rift as easier to set up than the development kits, needing less technical knowledge to install games and fix problems.[47]

The Rift's position against the HTC Vive changed over its life. At launch the Rift cost US$599 without motion controllers. After the March 2017 cuts, a Rift with Touch and an extra sensor was about US$140 cheaper than the US$799 Vive, according to PCWorld.[22]

Discontinuation and legacy

In early 2019 the Rift sold out at most physical stores and online retailers. Facebook told UploadVR it was still available "mainly online".[48] On March 20, 2019, Oculus announced the Oculus Rift S, a US$399 headset co-designed with Lenovo that uses Oculus Insight inside-out tracking instead of external sensors. Oculus said the Rift S "replaces the original Rift" and that existing owners would keep receiving software updates and access to the same games.[7] VP of Product Nate Mitchell said Oculus planned to support the original Rift "for the foreseeable future".[49] In April 2020 Oculus sold refurbished Rift and Touch sets on its website for US$300 for a limited time.[25]

On September 16, 2020, Facebook said it would end sales of the Rift S in 2021 and would "no longer pursue PC-only hardware", while stating that "the Rift Platform isn't going anywhere".[8] As of October 2026, Meta's help page for its Windows PC app still lists requirements for the original Oculus Rift.[40]

Images

Oculus Rift CV1

Oculus Rift box set:

HMD:

Oculus Sensor:

Oculus Remote:

Tracking volume diagrams (see also Tracking volume):

See also

See also: Oculus Rift Adjustment Guide

References

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