Oculus Cuts Prices of Its Virtual Reality Gear -<br />By NICK WINGFIELDMARCH 1, 2017<br />SEATTLE — Many obstacles stand between virtual reality and a mass audience, from a lack of great games to the ungainly tangle of cables<br />that connect the 3-D headsets to the computers that power them.<br />The Rift requires a powerful PC to run virtual reality games, which costs hundreds of dollars, bringing the total price for Oculus products<br />and a computer to over $1,000, even after the price cuts<br />In a phone interview, Brendan Iribe, the leader of the Oculus group developing virtual reality products for personal computers,<br />said the company had long intended to reduce prices on products as Oculus’s own manufacturing costs came down.<br />On Wednesday, Oculus announced that it has dropped the price of a package featuring its Rift headset<br />and Touch controllers, which allow players to use their hands inside virtual reality, by 25 percent to $598 from $798.
