The first pre-orders are starting to get shipped. Among the first to receive the Oculus Rift Headset was Ross Martin. It was such a special occasion that the founder of Occulus, Palmer Luckey hand delivered the unit himself!
Just to let you guys know … Oculus was bought by Facebook in March 2014 for $2bn (£1.41bn).
“The founder of VR (virtual reality) firm Oculus has hand delivered the first Rift headset to a customer. Palmer Luckey handed over the headset a couple of days before the consumer version of the Rift is officially due to start reaching customers. The recipient was Ross Martin from Alaska who ordered the headset when pre-orders opened in January. Mr Luckey said he wanted the “satisfaction” of delivering the first Rift headset.
On 28 March, the consumer-ready Rift headsets should start to reach people who were among the first to order it in January.
Before now the only versions of the headset available were made so developers could familiarise themselves with the software and hardware in the device. The consumer-ready Rift has improved lenses and electronics to make VR as immersive as possible.
Mr Luckey said it was important to him to hand over the headset given that he had been involved in its development since 2009.”
Source: BBC
