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Old 01-06-2016, 01:38 PM   #35
Finner
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Does anybody else find this extremely expensive for the bill of materials?

The DK2 sold for $350, and that was likely with significantly smaller expected orders, increasing the cost of each additional unit.

The Rift contains essentially the same materials as a Note 4 phone (screen/accelerator/gyroscope), minus the SoC, but plus some location trackers, headphones, and optics.

I would imagine the actual cost (not including R&D) for the headset alone would be around $300 or so, plus whatever the location sensor costs.

$600 USD seems excessive, especially when hardware tends to have very slim margins.
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