Today the company's founder shed some light on the lack of an official pre-order announcement, saying we can now expect them to start soon after the new year. More importantly, the Oculus Rift's release window is still on track.

The Oculus Rift isn't the only big virtual reality headset launching soon, but it's probably the highest profile one – and based on our hands-on demos, it may have the most impressive array of content.

Today a pair of tweets from founder Palmer Luckey confirmed that the Q1 2016 target is still on track and that Oculus will give would-be buyers ample heads-up to pre-order the Rift soon after the new year: