Oculus Rift S
Oculus Rift S Still Out of Stock? Here’s Your Alternatives
Looking for an Oculus Rift S? You may be disappointed to see that the popular $400 PC VR headset is still suffering from supply shortages. We have a few alternatives you might consider though.
Update (March 23rd, 2020): Some Rift...
Mark Zuckerberg: ‘people bought nearly $5M in Oculus Store content on Christmas Day’
In Facebook's quarterly earnings call yesterday, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the Oculus Store had sold nearly $5 million worth of content on Christmas Day alone.
Zuckerberg says in the Q4 2019 earnings call that the Christmas Day boom was...
Rift & Rift S Now Account for Half of Headsets Used on Steam
With the Rift S launching just two and a half months ago, on Steam the headset has already nearly surpassed all Windows VR headsets in use on the platform. With the original Rift and Rift S, Oculus headsets now...
Zuckerberg to Shareholders: ‘Quest is selling as fast as we can make them’
Addressing shareholders during Facebook's Q2 2019 earnings call last week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that unit sales of Oculus Quest are exceeding the available supply of the headset.
Facebook and Oculus have always been mum about sales figures for their...
Quest & Rift S Update Brings Controller Tracking Improvements
Oculus Quest and Rift S use similar inside-out tracking which relies on cameras on the headsets to not only track the user's head but also their hands. While this works well in many cases, at launch there was something...
Rift S is the Lowest Rated Oculus Headset on Amazon, Quest Vaults Ahead
Though Oculus touts the Rift S as its "most advanced, PC-powered gaming headset," the headset is notably trailing other Oculus headsets (including the original Rift) in customer ratings on Amazon. Meanwhile, Quest has taken the lead as the most...
Rift S Will Get Enhanced Passthrough+ & ASW on the Latest NVIDIA GPUs
Thanks to the tracking cameras on Rift S, the headset also comes with a pass-through video feature which Oculus calls 'Passthrough+' (with the '+' denoting its low latency, stereo-correct, wide field of view). While it's the best pass-through video...
Oculus Working on Update to Improve Rift S Audio
Oculus is aware of the sub-par audio quality on Rift S and says that an upcoming update will make a "meaningful difference."
One of the major changes from the original Rift to the Rift S was the removal of the...
Oculus Could (and Should) Offer Rift S Accessories for Improved Audio, Visuals, & Fit
With Rift S right around the corner, a bunch of people are about to find that the headset's on-board audio is lacking in quality and that the face gasket will make it difficult for some to get the lenses...
Oculus Rift S Already Works With SteamVR
If there was any question whether or not the Rift S will work with Steam and SteamVR content, the answer is definitely yes. Even though the headset doesn't ship for another three weeks, the Rift S already works just...
Oculus Rift S Pre-orders Now Live, Launching May 21st for $400
Facebook today announced at F8, their annual developer conference, that pre-orders for Oculus Rift S are now officially live. Rift S is slated to ship on May 21st alongside the standalone VR headset Oculus Quest across 22 countries.
The company's U.S....
Oculus Explains Why It Doesn’t Think the Time is Right for ‘Rift 2’ or ‘Rift Pro’
With last month's announcement of the Rift S, it became clear that Oculus was not ready to deliver a 'Rift 2', and instead opted to focus on making the existing Rift experience easier to use, rather than pleasing enthusiasts...
Oculus Quest & Rift S Controllers Could Hide an Unintended Easter Egg Message Inside
Nate Mitchell, Oculus co-founder and head of VR product at Facebook, revealed that a number of Touch controllers for Quest and Rift S hold an unintended hidden message inside, something he calls "inappropriate."
Although Mitchell admits in a tweet that...
Oculus Explains Rift S Design & Manufacturing Partnership with Lenovo
When Oculus revealed its newest PC headset, Rift S, at GDC last month, it was a surprise to see the 'Lenovo' logo on the side. Oculus explained that Facebook tapped the company to help in both the design and...
Everything We Know (Officially) About the FOV and IPD of Rift S & Quest
With the announcement of Rift S earlier this month came the revelation that the headset would not include the ability to physically adjust the distance between the lenses in order to align with the distance between the user's eyes...
















