Oculus founder Palmer Luckey: Virtual reality will drive demand for high-end PCs

Oculus Rift launches March 28, and you’ll need some powerful PC hardware to run the virtual reality headset.

Rather than taking that as a negative, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey expects virtual reality to drive consumer demand for PCs that are powerful enough to cope with this medium’s demands. In a Reddit AMA, Luckey said that most people “have not had a reason to own a high-end PC for a long time,” before adding, “VR will change that, much like video-related stuff drove high-end CPU adoption.”