Oculus gives final Oculus Rift headset to original Kickstarter backers

Oculus is about to start selling the Rift tomorrow, but first, the company is rewarding its earliest true believers.

If you were one of the thousands of people who got an Oculus Rift DK1 from the company’s original crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, you’re going to get the consumer version free. In an update posted to the Oculus Rift Kickstarter page, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, chief executive Brendan Iribe, and product manager Nate Mitchell explained how excited they are for the launch, as well as the announcement of the giveaway.