In an announcement made on Tuesday, Oculus revealed the names of PC manufacturers -- and their PCs -- partnering in its ‘Oculus Ready PC’ program.

According to an update posted by Oculus on its official website on Tuesday, the first lot of ‘Oculus Ready’ gaming desktops will be offered by three PC manufacturers --- Asus, Dell, and Alienware.

Oculus has also revealed that the PC manufacturers partnering with the company in the ‘Oculus Ready PC’ program will offer discounts on their Oculus-Ready PCs if customers purchase the PCs together with the Oculus Rift VR headset.

The Oculus-Ready PC and Rift bundles from Asus, Dell and Alienware will be made available for preorder at Best Buy, Amazon, and the Microsoft Store, with effect from February 16 at 8am Pacific Time. The cost of the bundles will start at $1,500.

Specifically speaking, the first batch of Oculus-Ready PCs will include the following systems: Asus G11CD; Asus ROG G20CB (in two different configurations); Alienware Area 51; Alienware X51 R3 (in two models); and Dell XPS 8900 SE.

In its announcement of the forthcoming availability of the first set of Oculus-Ready PCs, Oculus said in the Tuesday post on its website: “Today we're excited to introduce the first Oculus Ready PCs from ASUS, Alienware, and Dell! These PCs have been battle tested and certified by Oculus to deliver an incredible Rift experience.”