Oculus’ virtual love is beginning to spread to new territories.
The virtual reality company announced today that its Rift headset will become available in Canada and in Europe on September 20. Along with its competitor, the HTC Vive, the Oculus Rift is part of a new wave of consumer VR. Analysts are predicting that VR could generate $40 billion in revenues by 2020. Oculus has not released sales numbers for its device.
The Rift is available for preorder in those territories now. Its U.S. launch in March saw some troubles due to slow production and delivery, causing many who bought the device to wait months before receiving their headsets. Oculus VR and its parent company, Facebook, did not have experience releasing a commercial product before the Rift. We’ll see if Oculus learned from the original launch.
All Rifts come with the 3D platformer Lucky’s Tale. Hundreds of free 3D 360 movies are also available at launch, as well as demos for VR games like The Climb.
On August 15, the Windows 10 version of Minecraft also became compatible with the Oculus Rift. Minecraft is one of the most popular games of all time.