Help Me, Tom's Guide: How Do I Get Started in VR?

[AndrewFreedman]

A forum member asks what's needed to get started in VR. Tom's Guide comes to the rescue.

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[Sakkura]

The hardware requirements you list are incorrect/incomplete. With an Oculus Rift, the minimum GPU is a GTX 1050 Ti or 960 from Nvidia, or an RX 470 from AMD. This also makes your claim of a $1000 even more wrong than it already was. There is currently a bundle deal at Best Buy of an Oculus Rift AND a VR-capable PC for $999:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-hp-omen-intel-core-i5-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-desktop-100-oculus-store-credit-package/9999283900050000.p?skuId=9999283900050000

In addition, you make it sound like the Vive and Rift get software from separate stores. That isn't the case; the Rift can run Steam games directly, while the Vive can run Oculus store games via the Revive tool.