In-Store Oculus Rift VR Headset Demos Coming Saturday to 48 Best Buy Stores
In-store demos of the highly touted Oculus Rift virtual reality headset are coming Saturday to 48 Best Buy stores with Intel Experience stores within a store, Best Buy said in a Monday blog post. Best Buy “is the first and…
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only U.S. retailer where customers can try out Rift headsets in stores,” but only “limited quantities of headsets” will be available for purchase until the summer, Best Buy said. “The demos allow you to experience Rift firsthand by getting immersed in two virtual reality experiences.” Dreamdeck transports the viewer “to impossible places,” like the top of the tallest skyscraper, it said. The Climb is a game in which one “can scale new heights” through the thrill of virtual rock-climbing, it said. Oculus recommends a PC with an Intel i5 or i7 processor “for a full Rift experience,” it said. A small number of Rifts also will be available for purchase online from Amazon and Microsoft, starting Friday at 9 a.m. PDT, Oculus said in a Monday blog post. “Quantities will be extremely limited while we catch up on Rift pre-orders.”