{"id":75036,"date":"2015-05-06T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=75036"},"modified":"2015-05-06T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T15:25:16","slug":"oculus-rift-consumer-version-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/75036-oculus-rift-consumer-version-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Oculus Rift consumer version revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those looking to tuck into some VR action will be glad to know that the consumer version of the Oculus Rift is expected to begin shipping\u00a0early next year, with pre-orders opening in late 2015, and the company has given a tease of how the product will look.<\/p>\n<p>According to Oculus, the consumer version\u00a0features an improved tracking system that accommodates seated and standing experiences, along with updated ergonomics and a tweaked industrial design.<\/p>\n<p>The company will share more details of its hardware, software, input and unannounced Oculus-compatible\u00a0games in the coming weeks, beginning with its technical specifications next week.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the pics below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75038\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oculus-rifts-final-design-revealed-14309142992.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75038\" class=\"wp-image-75038\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oculus-rifts-final-design-revealed-14309142992.jpg\" alt=\"Oculus Rift Final Retail Design\" width=\"600\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oculus Rift&#8217;s final design just looks so darn sleek and sexy. We want one, now.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_75054\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rift1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75054\" class=\"wp-image-75054\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rift1.jpg\" alt=\"Oculus Rift Final Retail Design\" width=\"600\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s clear that aesthetics and overall form was given a high priority in the design process. Good thing too.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/blog\/first-look-at-the-rift-shipping-q1-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oculus<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oculus Rift has finally had its official retail details revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":75056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1085,1969,13746,13748,6049,1497,6050,6477],"class_list":["post-75036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-hardware-2","tag-news-2","tag-oculus","tag-oculus-headset","tag-oculus-rift","tag-rift","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75062,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75036\/revisions\/75062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}