The Oculus Rift is about to go on sale. Nearly three years after the first Rift development kits went out to Kickstarter backers, preorders for the official consumer version are about to open. The fateful day? This Wednesday, January 6 at 8 AM PST.

But leave it to Oculus to hold onto some secrets until the last minute. A mere two days from preorders going live and we still—still—don’t have a price nor an official release date. Presumably those bits of info are coming on Wednesday, but I anticipate some people will be hit with sticker shock 48 hours from now.

We do know the Rift is supposed to ship within Q1 2016, which means it’s just over the horizon. And historically Oculus has said the Rift will cost somewhere north of $350. Whether both those facts hold true come Wednesday morning, your guess is as good as mine.

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