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With prices ranging from $399 to $499, the new Windows Mixed Reality headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung may have seemed like a bargain compared to the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift… but Facebook just gave the Rift a permanent price cut.
Now you can pick up the headset plus a set of touch controllers for $399, making it cheaper than most of the new Windows Mixed Reality devices.
Here are some of the day’s best deals (even if the Rift is more of a permanent price cut than a temporary bargain).
- Oculus Rift VR Headset + touch controllers for $399 – Oculus
- Linksys AC1600 WiFi router for $50 – Best Buy
- Logitech mouse, keyboard, and webcam sale – Best Buy
- Cyber Power 450VA 8-outlet, 260W UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) for $31 – Fry’s
- Amazon Fire TV (2017) + HD antenna for $75 – Amazon
- Buy 3 Amazon Echo (2017) speakers for $250 – Amazon (coupon: ECHO3PACK)
- Name your price for $434 worth of PC software – Humble Bundle
- Name your price for 12 sci-fi & fantasy eBooks – StoryBundle
- Name your price for $667 worth of Pathfinder RPG eBooks and digital comics – Humble Bundle
You can find more bargains in our daily deals section.
Mixed Reality works on Rift and Vive? I thought it didn’t.
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Yeah, I think you’re right. Once upon a time MS made some announcement involving Windows Holographic and the Oculus Rift. But apparently now that Windows Mixed Reality is maturing, it’s not officially supporting those headsets.