--- title: President's Day Sale: Best Buy Gift Card With Oculus Rift description: Best Buy is offering a President's Day deal on the Oculus Rift virtual reality VR headset with Touch controller. canonical: https://time.com/4672483/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-deal-presidents-day/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-15T20:59:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:50:58.014Z og:title: Now's a Great Time To Buy a Virtual Reality Headset og:description: Here's a solid deal on one of the best VR headsets og:url: https://time.com/4672483/oculus-rift-virtual-reality-headset-deal-presidents-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d8eb439048e868a/6988ba87196cf471c103ee3e/gettyimages-612997082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Inside The Oculus Connect 3 Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Now's a Great Time To Buy a Virtual Reality Headset twitter:description: Here's a solid deal on one of the best VR headsets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d8eb439048e868a/6988ba87196cf471c103ee3e/gettyimages-612997082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Now's a Great Time to Buy a Virtual Reality Headset > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Feb 15, 2017 8:59 PM UTC  Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers as the gives a demonstration during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers as the gives a demonstration during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Feb 15, 2017 8:59 PM UTC If you’re virtual reality-curious but you’ve been on the fence about dipping in, Best Buy is currently [offering a deal](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&subid=0&offerid=460242.1&type=10&tmpid=13127&RD%5FPARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Foffer%2F210554%2Fpcmcat1485548200201.c%3Fid%3Dpcmcat1485548200201&u1=TIMEVRDEAL) that might warm the waters for you. If you buy an [Oculus Rift and Touch controller combo package](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&subid=0&offerid=460242.1&type=10&tmpid=13127&RD%5FPARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Foffer%2F210554%2Fpcmcat1485548200201.c%3Fid%3Dpcmcat1485548200201&u1=TIMEVRDEAL) ($799.98), the retailer will throw in a $150 gift card. You can then go ahead and use that towards the kind of [powerful PC you’ll need to run the headset](http://time.com/4169188/virtual-reality-vr-oculus-rift-computer/), if you don’t have one already. The Rift is one of our [favorite](http://time.com/4272506/oculus-rift-review/) high-end VR headsets on the market. We liked the HTC Vive a little better at first, but the new Touch controllers [went a long way](http://time.com/4589765/oculus-touch-review/) to evening out the contest. Looking for a cheaper way into VR? Check out the [Samsung Gear VR](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HU3J9QA/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=springbreaktech-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01HU3J9QA&linkId=5c4fe6331a00d0c7d95779865d094fc7) and the [Google Daydream View.](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N634P7O/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=springbreaktech-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01N634P7O&linkId=ca7a2f693e5e1c7a9a913b17084323e7) Powered by your smartphone, they offer a less impressive, but also less bank-account-destroying, VR experience for under $100, not including the requisite phone. 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