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Oculus Rift S gets May 21 release date in Microsoft Store

The date comes from a listing in the Microsoft Store.

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The Oculus Rift S VR headset apparently has a release date.

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The Oculus Rift S virtual reality headset will go on sale May 21 in the Microsoft Store for $399. 

A page in the Microsoft Store listed the VR headset as available for preorder Tuesday, then listed it as out of stock. And then the page became "unavailable."

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The Microsoft Store page listed the release date before the page became unavailable.

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Neither Oculus  nor Microsoft immediately responded to a request for comment. It's possible more information will be revealed at Facebook's F8 developers conference, which starts Tuesday.

Facebook announced the Oculus Rift S at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco in March. The headset adds self-contained tracking, a higher-res display and a new design to the original PC-connected Oculus Rift headset. The company also introduced the Oculus Quest, a new standalone, self-contained mobile VR system.

Originally published April 30 at 7:36 a.m. PT.
Update, 7:45 a.m.: Added details on Oculus Rift S. Update, 8:10 a.m.: Added that Microsoft Store link is no longer working.

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