If using the Oculus Rift doesn’t make you nauseous, the now-confirmed UK price of the Touch motion controllers probably will.
On the day the headset finally went on sale in the UK for £549, pre-orders opened at many stores for the yet-to-be-released handheld accessories.
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Tech reporter Nick Summers spotted an in-store display revealing the RRP as £189.99 with a pre-order deposit of £50 required for launch day delivery.
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That puts the price of a Rift with Touch up to £739, compared with the £759 asking price for the HTC Vive which already includes controllers.
The long-delayed Touch controllers are expected before the end of the year with Oculus promising no Rift-like shipping delays for early adopters.
The groundbreaking controllers will enable Rift owners to manipulate handheld items within the virtual space; a promising development indeed for those hoping to play first person shooters in VR.
Will you be adding the Touch motion controllers to your Rift set-up, or is this whole VR experiment getting a little too expensive?
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