--- title: Oculus Rift and Touch Deal Sale: Price Lowered description: The price of the Oculus Rift and Touch virtual reality headset has dropped. canonical: https://time.com/4687791/oculus-rift-touch-virtual-reality-deal-price/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-01T21:27:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:51:00.081Z og:title: One of the Best Virtual Reality Headsets Just Got Cheaper og:description: Here's a great deal on the Oculus Rift og:url: https://time.com/4687791/oculus-rift-touch-virtual-reality-deal-price/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd212dd20c664b7e8/6988bc9fe20a87c901a944e5/gettyimages-612997084.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Inside The Oculus Connect 3 Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: One of the Best Virtual Reality Headsets Just Got Cheaper twitter:description: Here's a great deal on the Oculus Rift twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd212dd20c664b7e8/6988bc9fe20a87c901a944e5/gettyimages-612997084.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # One of the Best Virtual Reality Headsets Just Got Cheaper  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Mar 1, 2017 9:27 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 Mar 1, 2017 9:27 PM UTC The [Oculus Rift](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAG23ZO/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechvideogames-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01NAG23ZO&linkId=e596c2d8f92217de640d7d80261b0758), one of the best high-end virtual reality headsets available today, just got a little cheaper. You can now have the Rift, along with its ([very good](http://time.com/4589765/oculus-touch-review/)) Touch controllers, for about $600\. That package previously ran for $800. The price change should put the Rift within the realm of reasonability for more buyers. For comparison’s sake, our absolute favorite VR headset, the [HTC Vive](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VF5NT4I/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechvideogames-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00VF5NT4I&linkId=cc06ceb2f52843f7e828ded301d30683), still costs $800\. The [PlayStation VR](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DE9DY8S/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechvideogames-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01DE9DY8S&linkId=5071a535387664d792c44bf1df4b44cc), meanwhile, runs for $400\. And you can find [entry-level, smartphone-powered headsets](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N634P7O/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechvideogames-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01N634P7O&linkId=92821d1902cdd8bf3e0a63333cc9f168) in the $80-100 range, though the experience really isn’t comparable. Still, Rift buyers will need a high-end gaming PC to run the headset. You can [get one for as little as $500](http://www.polygon.com/virtual-reality/2016/10/6/13189600/oculus-rift-minimum-spec), but that still brings the total cost of entry to over $1,000\. But if you’ve already got a powerhouse PC, this price change makes the Rift just a little bit easier to justify. (VR-curious gamers who don’t have a high-end gaming PC but have a PlayStation 4 would do well to check out the PlayStation VR instead.) **Buy now:** [Oculus Rift, $600, Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAG23ZO/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechvideogames-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01NAG23ZO&linkId=e596c2d8f92217de640d7d80261b0758) [(_Read TIME’s affiliate link policy_.)](http://time.com/4605406/time-affiliate-link-policy/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4687791/oculus-rift-touch-virtual-reality-deal-price/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4687791/oculus-rift-touch-virtual-reality-deal-price/"},"headline":"One of the Best Virtual Reality Headsets Just Got Cheaper","datePublished":"2017-03-01T21:27:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:51:00.081Z","description":"Here's a great deal on the Oculus Rift","url":"https://time.com/4687791/oculus-rift-touch-virtual-reality-deal-price/","keywords":["Virtual Reality","Tech","timeshop"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd212dd20c664b7e8/6988bc9fe20a87c901a944e5/gettyimages-612997084.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd212dd20c664b7e8/6988bc9fe20a87c901a944e5/gettyimages-612997084.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Inside The Oculus Connect 3 Event","caption":"Inside The Oculus Connect 3 Event","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/virtual-reality/","name":"Virtual Reality"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4687791/oculus-rift-touch-virtual-reality-deal-price/","name":"One of the Best Virtual Reality Headsets Just Got Cheaper"}}]}] ```