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The Oculus Rift is one of the first true virtual reality experiences announced and was launched in 2013 thanks to a very successful Kickstarter project. Oculus was purchased by Facebook and offers its own Oculus Store as a virtual reality marketplace.
SpecsUpdate
Pros
Pro An easy way of adjusting lens distance
There's a dial at the base of the unit that can be used to adjust lens distance.
Pro Hardware Agnostic
This device is driven by any desktop PC, providing it run the Oculus SDK (Windows and Linux). This hardware agnosticism makes is positive because of the freedom it provides to both consumer and developer.
Pro Best motion controllers
Controllers are ergonomic and has analog grip buttons and finger sensing buttons.
Pro Out-of-the-box game engine integrations
Rift integrates with Unreal Development Kit, Unreal Engine 4, and Unity 4 without any workarounds, which makes it easier for developers to create games for Oculus Rift.
Cons
Con Dropped GNU/Linux and OSX support
After Facebook partnered with Microsoft, Oculus dropped support for both GNU/Linux and OSX operating systems.
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Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con No motion controllers (yet)
Motion controllers play a huge part in VR games and are needed for many immersive experiences. They will be released later in 2016, but it is not known how much they will cost.
Con Proprietary store
You can only officially get software and games from their official store.
