'Oculus Ready' PCs will be guaranteed to meet virtual reality's demanding needs
It’s targeted at people who are interested in VR, but don’t necessarily have the tech know-how to build their own machine or deal with weird hardware edge cases. Instead, Oculus has partnered with manufacturers (Alienware, et cetera) to stamp machines with an “Oculus Ready” logo—basically “This computer will work with the Oculus Rift out of the box.”
I don’t know whether there’s a huge market of people who are currently interested in virtual reality but wouldn’t build their own PC, but it’s definitely an important step if the Rift is ever going to take off as a mass market device.
In case you missed it, the minimum specs for the Oculus Rift are:
While the recommended specs are a bit beefier:
Still, Oculus promises you’ll be able to purchase Oculus Ready PCs for under a thousand dollars—a big investment, for sure, though about what you’d expect if you’re already in the market for a gaming PC. We’ll see how it shakes out. Stay tuned for more announcements from Oculus Connect 2015.