Oculus and Lenovo Team Up for $399 Rift S VR Headset

Oculus Rift Upgraded

Oculus is announcing their new Oculus Rift S VR headset, developed in collaboration with Lenovo.

This headset improves upon the original Rift headset design by jumping from 1080×1200 to 1280×1440 per eye.

This now matches the smartphone-only Oculus Go headset. Except the Rift S uses superior OLED vs the Go’s LCD panel. Furthermore, it also brings the Oculus Quest’s Inside-Out tracking capabilities. Albeit, using five cameras instead of four.

When Will the Oculus Rift S VR Headset Arrive?

The $399 VR headset is due for launch sometime in spring 2019. This is slightly pricier than the original Rift for $349. Although it will ship with updated Oculus Touch controllers, which are the same ones found on the Quest.

Can My PC System Run Oculus Rift S?

Minimum Requirements

• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater
• Alternative Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater
• CPU: Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater
• Memory: 8GB+ RAM
• Video Output: DisplayPort 1.2 source, Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Adapter (with mDP to DP adapter that is included in the box)
• USB Ports: 1x USB 3.0 port
• OS: Windows 10

Recommended Requirements

• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480 or greater
• Alternative Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater
• CPU: Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater
• Memory: 8GB+ RAM
• Video Output: DisplayPort 1.2 source, Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Adapter (with mDP to DP adapter that is included in the box)
• USB Ports: 1x USB 3.0 port
• OS: Windows 10