Oculus Rift Consumer Version Release Date LEAKED Online After Valve Vive VR Headset Reveal? New Details About The Rift Surface

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The Oculus Rift consumer version release date may have been leaked online as Oculus VR has allegedly set the Oculus Rift consumer version release date to be on November 2015.

According to the report of TechAndPrince, following the announcement by Palmer Luckey that he expects the Oculus Consumer version to be available by Winter 2015, the Oculus Rift consumer version release date has been reportedly set by OVR to be on late November 2015.

"Palmer Luckey said the rift would be available by Winter. My sources can confirm that the rift can be bought on November," wrote TechAndPrince.

Previously, Oculus VR CEO, Palmer Luckey has cadmitted that he expects the Oculus Rift consumer version release date to be on Winter 2015.

"Speaking to The Telegraph, as reported by VR Focus, Lucky estimated a winter 2015 launch for the first consumer version of the VR headset" wrote Gamenguide.

The alleged leak of the Oculus Rift consumer version release date follows the reveal of Valve's own VR headset called the "Vive".

"HTC and Valve announced the HTC Vive, a virtual reality platform and hardware for PCs, a few days ago at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona," wrote CNET.

Some users have tried out the Valve Vive VR headset and they admit that the device would be a solid competitor to the Oculus Rift.

"Valve's and HTC's Vive is the most believable virtual reality experience yet," wrote Venture Beat.

Venture Beat then continued, "What HTC and Valve have packed into the headset they showed me today will work as a consumer product. I'd buy this. I'm no longer worried about the tracking or the "screen door effect" on the display, because I felt present in Vive."

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