Mark Zuckerberg Live streams unboxing of the Oculus Rift

WRITTEN BY DNA Web Team | Updated: Mar 30, 2016, 10:41 AM IST

Martin Schulz, Mark Zuckerberg and Mathias Doepfner attend the presentation of the first Axel Springer Award on February 25, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.

The Facebook-owned, Oculus Rift which launched on March 28th was unboxed for the world to see via Facebook’s Live Broadcast.

Oculus Rift release on 28th March and to celebrate the occasion, Mark Zuckerberg used Facebook Live Broadcast tool to give potential users a hands-on demonstration of the Rift, from unboxing to taking about a future Oculus Rift related product.

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Facebook bought Oculus VR back in March 25, 2014, for $2 billion. Mark Zuckerberg used the Facebook platform to unbox the Oculus Rift and hooking it up to a Windows PC. During the live stream Mark, along with Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe and Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer, answered questions about their latest virtual reality headset.

The Oculus Rift comes with 30 available games and costs $599 in the US, £499 in the UK, and €699 in Europe (approximately Rs 39,800) although potential consumers may have to wait as the VR headset is currently back-ordered.

This week, we started shipping Oculus Rift. I'll be showing you what's inside the box and taking some of your questions.
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