Oculus Marvel Powers United VR Special Edition Rift Touch – PC (Limited Edition)

If you’ve never done VR, it’s one of those once in a lifetime, breathtaking moments the first time you don this piece of headgear and become immersed in the world it paints around you. At least it was for me, and the first 15 minutes using the Rift absolutely affirmed my purchase decision.The packaging is top notch and works as a safe case to store the headset and peripherals in. While there isn’t much in the written instructions, once you go to the setup web page and install the app, installing the unit and getting started becomes seamless.Once the guide is done helping you fit the headset to you and calibrating the sensors, you’ll be dropped into a new world and realize all of the capabilities and potential for VR in an amazingly well put together and immersive tutorial. By the end, you are already imagining the things you want to try as you are placed into the VR “home room” where you can browse and start using VR apps and exploring.Sensor tracking and head tracking seemed very fluid to me. Sometimes you need to take the headset off to make certain changes on the computer desktop regarding the operation of the unit. Take care to avoid letting greasy hair or skin rub against the lenses. I had to use the wipe they included to clean the lenses any time I tried resting the display on my forehead above my eyes. Just a minor nuissance.My PC build (AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Graphics) is on the low end of the Rift’s minimum specs, and gameplay can be much less smooth if you don’t manage the graphics settings to maintain a good frame rate. Any drops below 45 FPS will look choppy. 90 FPS is recommended. The resolution is lower and some of the higher end graphics settings won’t be visible to you with the Rift and will only waste processing power. Even at the worst moments, I never felt uncomfortable looking into the head display and rarely lost immersive feeling of the virtual world around me.Great purchase, and playable with just a ~$500 computer build.