Tuesday, January 5

Oculus gives free Rift headsets to thousands of early Kickstarter backers

Those that this early development kit will soon get the consumer version of the Rift for free.

More than 7,500 early adopters who provided the initial funding for the Oculus Rift VR headset through its original Kickstarter will get a free unit of the Rift's upcoming first consumer edition, the company announced today.

Everyone who pledged at least $275 to get the first Rift Developer Kit during Oculus' August 2012 Kickstarter will soon be e-mailed a form asking for their shipping address. Oculus will ship the free "Kickstarter Edition" headsets to any of the 20 countries the Rift is launching in, and it is working on alternative shipment methods for backers in other countries.

The free headset offer does not apply to those who bought the second Rift Development Kit directly from Oculus last year. People who backed the Kickstarter at smaller levels (receiving backer bonuses like stickers and t-shirts) will not be eligible for the free consumer Rift, either.

Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments

No comments:

Post a Comment