Oculus Rift Preorders Start Tomorrow

The Oculus team announced on Monday that pre-orders for Rift will open on Oculus.com at 8am Pacific Time on January 6.

The blog post also said that every Rift will be bundled with Lucky’s Tale by Playful, and CCP’s EVE: Valkyrie for free with every pre-order.

The price of the PC-based VR and its shipping date are not yet known. Speculations suggest that it will cost more than $350, Gizmag reported. Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster believes Oculus will launch in March for $450, which represents a $100 loss, as reported by Fortune. He forecasts sales of a few hundred thousand units in 2016.

“If Facebook sells 350,000 units at a $100 loss, that would imply a $35 million investment in 2016,” said Munster.

Earlier this year, Oculus revealed the recommended specs for the upcoming device, and that it will require high-end parts like GPU and processor to maintain a consistent 90 fps while running two 1200x1080 displays.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey will be answering questions during a Reddit AMA this Wednesday, January 6 at 6pm Pacific Time.