If you’ve preordered an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and it hasn’t shown up yet, the company has a new idea for you: Cancel your order and go wait in line for one.
Facebook’s Oculus Rift headset will be available at certain Best Buy electronics stores around the US on May 7, the company announced yesterday. Oculus is still in the process of slowly fulfilling its backlog of Rift preorders—which started shipping last month—and many customers waiting for their headsets have voiced frustration at how the company is dealing with the process.
Before Facebook bought Oculus for $2 billion in 2014, it was a relatively small Kickstarter project aimed at gamers wanting to experience VR videogames. But now, Oculus is telling those who want to get their rigs sooner to cancel their preorders and sign up for a spot in line at one of the Best Buys to pick one up in person. (They’ll still get the added goodies that came with the preorder package, however.) That does mean, of course, that anyone—regardless of whether they’ve been on the waiting list for a Rift since its Kickstarter days or only heard about it yesterday—could potentially sign up to be the first to pick one up in stores….
Source: Facebook’s (FB) Oculus Rift virtual reality headset goes on sale at Best Buy May 7 — Quartz

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