It's pretty rare that a company can enter the world of consumer electronics manufacturing and not have a pretty rough time for it, and so it's been for Oculus, the Facebook-owned virtual reality pioneer. Its VR headset Rift has been dogged with supply and manufacturing issues, leading to long wait times for customers, since it launched back in late March.Well, that is finally all over now. Oculus has announced that all Rift pre-orders have now shipped, and the wait time on a new order at Oculus.com is just two to four business days.
This should also mean that prices for Rift on the open market can now return to normal. Just a couple of weeks ago, we reported headsets being sold on Amazon for almost double the sticker price.
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