It connects to your PC over a USB 3.0 port and a DisplayPort connection, and is tethered to the machine by a lengthy cable that’s more than enough to accommodate the ‘room-scale’ experiences that Rift S is capable of delivering. The Oculus Rift S, like the Oculus Rift VR headset which came before it (you'll sometimes see that one referred to as the 'original' Oculus Rift), works in tandem with a PC to deliver virtual reality experiences.

What is the Oculus Rift S? And what’s VR? However, though we’ve yet to conduct a final review of the Valve Index, its money-no-object approach to quality is making it look like the most fully realised VR experience to date. It’s also significantly cheaper than the HTC Vive, Vive Pro and forthcoming Valve Index, its closest competitors, which all require external tracking sensors to work.

That’s considerably cheaper than the price that the original Oculus Rift entered the market at – though you’re now able to pick up that headset for around the $349 mark, which would be worth considering given what we’ve seen from the Rift S. The Oculus Rift S is available now, and costs $299 / £299 / AU$499.

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