1. Is My PC Ready?
If you want the Oculus Rift to work, you'll need a pretty high-powered computer to do so without issue, but as an alternative, Oculus has teamed up with Asus, Dell and Alienware to make sure they are already compatible with the headset.
According to Oculus, the Rift VR headset would work well with PCs that have a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that is equivalent to an Intel i5-4590 or greater; a video card on the lines of a Nvidia GTX 970, AMD R9 290 or greater, memory that measures up to 8 GB RAM or higher, a compatible HDMI 1.3 video output, four USB ports, three USB 3.0 ports plus one USB 2.0 port (that's a lot of ports), and Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or newer. If you're not sure on the specs of your computer, Oculus created a compatibility tool you can
download and run on your PC in order to find out if their machine meets the requirements. If you don't, it will tell you which bit of your computer isn't up to scratch and this does is give you two options; firstly, you could try and install the up-to-date hardware yourself or you'll have to fork out for a new computer, but Asus Rift-ready PCs start at the price of $949 while both Dell and Alienware offer PCs at a starting price of $999.
Are you ready for the VR invasion across 2016? Let us know in the comments!