Testseek.com have collected 179 expert reviews of the Oculus Rift VR and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Oculus Rift VR.
October 2017
(81%)
179 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(73%)
3 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Phenomenal story
The experience of using echolocation
Perfect execution of story for a mystery game
Comfort
Construction
Display
Speakers
Weight
Immersive VR experience
Works with Oculus and SteamVR platforms
Now includes both conventional gamepad and Oculus Touch controllers
Better (sturdier) design than predecessors
Meets all of Oculus's initial goals for seated VR
Oculus brings plenty of software to launch
With more on the way
Looks great
Intuitie controls
Relationship strategy
Fun level designs
Authentic spymovie charm
Excellent presentation
Challenging puzzle designs
Great parkour feel
Excellent immersion
Great use of Touch
Fun unlocks
Lots of content
Cool soundtrack
Amazing concept
Pounding soundtrack
Charming graphics
The Oculus Touch controllers add impressive finger and hand movement
Plus physical buttons for traditional games. The Rift headset is well-designed and compact. A strong collection of software offers many apps to explore
Sleek
Comfortable design
Easy setup
Solid library of VR games and apps
Intuitive interface
Costs $600
$200 less than the Vive
The Touch controllers are awesome
The HMD is lighter than the Vive
It is easy to play seated
Very immersive
Interactive
Easy to use
It's capable of fully immersing you in virtual worlds
The headset is light and comfortable
Offers a solid ecosystem of VR apps and games
The editors didn't like
Puzzles are difficultly specific
Controls a shotty when it comes to actually try to beat the game and not messing around with echolocation
Available software caters to casual gamers
Cost
Lack of hand controls
No passthrough camera
Requires four USB ports (three 3.0
One 2.0) to fully function
Clearly not designed with room-scale VR in mind
Oculus Store needs work
Xbox controller is a stopgap solution at best
Sluggish ship controls
Repetitive combat
Short game
Limited replay potential
Progression gates
Getting stuck with no grabsurface
Needs more music
Physically exhausting
Sore arms the next day
Steep difficulty spikes
Repetitious
The motion tracking lacks the HTC Vive's full-room scale. It takes a while to adjust to the controls. Total cost of headset plus controllers is expensive -- and that doesn't include the pricey gaming PC you need
Too
Can't install games from headset
Touch controllers aren't available at launch
$600 is expensive
You need a powerful PC
Roomscale VR is not ideal
Harder to setup
Not the most comfortable
It's too expensive for most
And requires a powerful gaming PC
Glasses wearers will have to deal with some slight discomfort
Abstract: This week, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the launch of the Oculus Rift, Oculus is slashing the price of its headset package by $200. In a blog post on the company's website, Oculus co-founder Nate Mitchell announced that the Rift headset plus O...
We want to give our special thanks to NVIDIA for helping us with VR benching. We are looking forward to presenting Part 2 of our Oculus Rift VR benching evaluation later this month. It will be mostly a video presentation where our viewers can look at the...
Abstract: If you want the best virtual reality experience currently available, look no further than the Oculus Rift. This device was developed by Palmer Luckey and subsequently was purchased and is promoted by Facebook. The current Gear VR and PlayStation look like...
Published: 2016-12-06, Author: Will , review by: newatlas.com
Abstract: Buzz has surrounded VR since the Oculus Rift Kickstarter in 2012, attracting companies big and small. The competition heated up enough that when the consumer Rift launched early this year, we didn't think it was the best system. But with Oculus' excellent...
The Oculus Touch controllers add impressive finger and hand movement, plus physical buttons for traditional games. The Rift headset is well-designed and compact. A strong collection of software offers many apps to explore
The motion tracking lacks the HTC Vive's full-room scale. It takes a while to adjust to the controls. Total cost of headset plus controllers is expensive -- and that doesn't include the pricey gaming PC you need, too
The Oculus Rift now offers a great combination of controls and apps for next-level VR and some room tracking, but it offers a less expansive experience than the Vive...
Published: 2016-06-08, Author: Stephen , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Your head controls the camera floating just behind 1920s adventurer Victor Howard, star of the new virtual reality Antarctic action game Edge of Nowhere. The white wilderness is all around you. You control Victor with a controller that you cannot see, be...
Published: 2016-04-20, Author: James , review by: makeuseof.com
Stunning visuals and ergonomic design make the Oculus Rift an easy winner for some types of games, but the lack of tracked controllers leaves us with a disappointing launch line-up...
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Published: 2016-04-16, Author: Will , review by: newatlas.com
Abstract: If you would have told us a year or two ago that, when the consumer Oculus Rift finally launched, it would only be the second most exciting VR headset in our offices, we would have picked up the phone and dialed the men in white coats. Oculus started this...
