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Re:Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order by Someone1234 on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @11:52AM (#10851572)
Google Glass never shipped to consumers, only to developers...

They did charge a relative high amount for the dev' kits and made wishy washy claims that they could produce the consumer version for less.

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Re:Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order by k-mcgrady on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @11:55AM (#10851608)
I wouldn't say it never shipped to consumers. It was available for purchase on the Play Store alongside their other consumer products, and billed as an 'explorer edition'. If it was only intended for devs it should have been available for purchase on the dev site and billed as a developer edition.
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Re:Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order by wnevets on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @12:33PM (#10851951)
exactly, the high price tag was to discourage (but not actually preventing) normal consumers from buying it and being burned by a poor experience.
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Re:Oculus Rift: Available for pre-order by theinternetman on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @12:30PM (#10851915)
Not true, they sold it on Mr Porter
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