Oculus to sell virtual reality headsets for consumers from early 2016

Reuters

Published May 06, 2015 10:28AM ET

Oculus to sell virtual reality headsets for consumers from early 2016

(Reuters) - Virtual reality technology company Oculus said it would start shipping the much-awaited consumer version of its Rift headset in the first quarter of 2016.

Pre-orders for Rift will start later this year, Oculus, which Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) bought for $2 billion last year, said.

Previous versions of the VR headset, available since 2012, were aimed at developers to make games and run tests. The consumer version was widely expected sometime this year.