Oculus Rift available at UK retailers

Oculus is finally moving onto the high street with their VR headset.

After all the fuss surrounding pre-order delays, the Rift has made it into shops in the UK from today. The headset is now available at retailers such as John Lewis, Curry’s PCWorld, GAME Digital Plc., London department store, Harrods and online via Amazon. The price is £549 and comes with Lucky’s Tale. Demo titles at launch includeThe Climb, award-winning VR film: Henry, planetary experience: Farlands and the Dreamdeck.

GAME also let us know that Rift demos are available at the following locations and the kit is available from today in stores. A demo station can also be found via the Oculus Live page.

• GAME Manchester Trafford, intu Trafford Centre, M17 8DF  22^nd Sept
• GAME West Thurrock, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Essex, RM20 2ZQ    23^rd Sept
• GAME Metro Centre, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE11 9YG   23^rd Sept
• GAME Bluewater, Kent, DA9 9SP   23^rd Sept
• GAME Glasgow (Union St), Glasgow, G1 3RB  23^rd Sept
• GAME Nottingham (Victoria), Victoria Centre, NG1 3QN   24^th Sept
• GAME Stratford, Westfield, London, E15 2EN  24^th Sept
• GAME Watford, Harlequin Shopping Centre, WD17 2TH  24^th Sept
• GAME Merry Hill, Merry Hill Centre, West Midlands, DY5 1SR   25^th Sept
• GAME Cardiff, Capital Retail Park, CF11 8AZ  25^th Sept

Our advice is to hold off until VR improves, it’s just not worth the price at the moment.