This is how long the first Oculus Rift’s lifespan will be

By Hugh Langley

Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift are now live and the price has finally been revealed, but Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is already fielding questions about what comes next.

In a Reddit AMA that covered a range of topics from pricing to games, Luckey was asked how long he sees the first generation of the Oculus Rift lasting.

“Somewhere between a console and a mobile phone, much closer to a mobile phone,” Luckey responded. Going by current market trends – five to seven year cycles for consoles, and yearly cycles for phones – we’d say that maybe gives the first-gen Rift a two-to-three year lifespan – but that’s a guess.

However Luckey added that the PC specifications for the Oculus Rift won’t change during the first generation, so if you’re in the process of building a PC rig that’s capable of comfortably running the Rift, you’re golden.

He also said that there are “quite a few features” being worked on by Oculus VR, “some of which” will make it into the second-generation headset. “VR is still advancing very rapidly, there will be some pretty huge technological shifts happening,” said Luckey.

So what about that price?

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming