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OS X development for the Oculus Rift VR headset is currently on hold

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">The company behind the upcoming Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has put its OS X development plans on hold for the time being.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/OS-X-development-for-Oculus-Rift-VR-headset-on-hold' title="OS X development for the Oculus Rift VR headset is currently on hold"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/05/oculus-rift-2.jpg?itok=WT9KH02N' />[/url]</p> <p>The consumer version of the Oculus Rift (http://www.connectedly.com/oculus-rift) virtual reality headset will need a PC to run, but it won't be one that will use OS X (http://www.imore.com/os-x) or Linux, at least for now. Oculus VR revealed today that it has put development for both of those operating systems on hold. <!--break--> Here is what the company said in today's blog post (https://www.oculus.com/blog/powering-the-rift/):</p>

<p>Our development for OS X and Linux has been paused in order to focus on delivering a high quality consumer-level VR experience at launch across hardware, software, and content on Windows. We want to get back to development for OS X and Linux but we don't have a timeline.</p>

<p>The consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset will go on sale in the first quarter of 2016 (http://www.connectedly.com/oculus-rift-consumer-vr-headset-will-launch-q1-2016-pre-orders-2015). Pre-orders will begin later in 2015 but a specific price has not yet been revealed. The company did reveal the hardware specs needed to use the Oculus Rift on a Windows PC (http://www.connectedly.com/oculus-rift-vr-headset-will-require-use-high-end-windows-pc), and as expected, that rig will need some high-end components inside.</p> <p>Source: Oculus VR (https://www.oculus.com/blog/powering-the-rift/)</p> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4659efd4/sc/15/mf.gif)' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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