Ngenkathi ngo-2014, i-Facebook yathatha inkampani ye-Oculus, iningi labo kwakungabasebenzisi ababekhethe iphrojekthi yeKickstarter lapho yayethulwe khona, bazwakalisa ukungakhululeki kwabo ngemuva kokumemezela ukuthengwa kwe-Facebook. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva amabika amabi agcwaliseka lapho i-Oculus Rift ifika emakethe ishiya ukunambitheka okubi emlonyeni walabo abaningi abanentshisekelo kulo mkhakha omusha, kusukela ngeHTC Vive, ibiphinde yethula imodeli ephakeme kakhulu kunaleyo ye-Facebook.
Zombili lezi zinhlobo zingafinyeleleka kubantu abambalwa, hhayi ngentengo yemishini kuphela, kepha yotshalomali okumele futhi lwenziwe eqenjini elikwaziyo ukuhambisa imidlalo. Kepha kubukeka sengathi ngonyaka ozayo lokho sekuphelile, ngoba uFacebook usebenza izibuko zeVR ezingeke zixhumeke kwikhompyutha noma kufanele zisebenzise i-smartphone efana ne-Samsung's Gear VR.
Okuhle kunakho konke, okungenani ekuqaleni intengo yazo, intengo equkethwe kakhulu ezoba cishe ngama- $ 200, njengoba kubikwe yiBloomberg. Kule phrojekthi entsha ebizwa ngePacific, iFacebook izothembela kuXiaomi ukuthi ayenze, yize kunjalo kubonakala intengo ephansi kakhulu ukuthi ikwazi ukunikela ngezici ezifanayo nalezo esingazithola ku-Oculus Rift noma ku-HTC Vive.
Ngokwencwadi, lezi zibuko ezintsha ezingokoqobo eizophathwa yi-chip yeQualcomm, noma ngabe inamandla amakhulu kangakanani, angingabazi ukuthi iyakwazi ukunikela ngekhwalithi efanayo namakhompyutha wanamuhla wedeskithophu angenamandla kangako. I-Facebook ifuna wonke umuntu abe nokufinyelela kulolu hlobo lwedivayisi, kepha uma lokho ezokwethula emakethe kuyindlela yezomnotho enezici ezinhle kakhulu, kufanele inikezelwe kokunye, ngoba ngalokho singasebenzisa iGiya I-VR evela kwa-Samsung efaka nokuthinta.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule sikwazise nge Ukwehla kwentengo i-Oculus Rift eyayikutholile, ishiya umkhiqizo wokugcina nezilawuli kuma-euro angama-449, ukunyakaza osekuvele Ngangibona isizukulwane sesibili i-Oculus Rift, kepha hhayi imodeli ebiza kakhulu okungenzeka ukuthi kube ukuphela kwangempela kwe-Facebook, impela manje njengoba isayine inhloko yangaphambili ye-Xiaomi, uHugo Barra, ngokuqinisekile ozoba nokuningi okuphathelene naye isivumelwano sokwenza lezi zibuko ezintsha.