Consumer version of Oculus Rift VR headset ready to arrive in ‘months’, says CEO

Nov04

by Sindy Cator on November 4, 2014 at 12:14 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, oculus rift, virtual reality, VR

Oculus VR CEO, Brendan Iribe, told the audience at Web Summit 2014 in Dublin, that a consumer-version of the company’s Rift VR headset is “close”. While he understandably declined to offer a timetable for launch, he says the latest version of the headset, Crescent Bay, is “largely finalized for a consumer product.” But while the headset may be ready, the full consumer package is still a way off. Iribe says: “We’re all hungry for it to happen. We’re getting very close. It’s months, not years away, but many months.” The big challenge remains developing an effective input device. Iribe says…