Oculus ends Rift dev kit sales citing parts supply issues

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http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/8737086355186235d07458ffaee646b8/oculus_firstdevkit_630pxhedimgwmed.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/11/oculus-dev-kit-sales-over/)As forewarned (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/21/oculus-rift-developer-kit-shortage/), Oculus VR is officially ending sales of its first-run development kit (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/oculus-rift-developer-kits-go-up-for-regular-pre-order/). "We're quickly running out of stock for the Rift development kit, so we've shut down sales in most regions," a note from Oculus says. Specifically, the issue comes from certain pieces of the headset "no longer being manufactured." That said, those headsets are more than a little long in the tooth at this point: both the HD version (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/11/oculus-rift-hd-prototype-vr-headset-hands/) and the Crystal Cove prototype (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/07/oculus-rift-crystal-cove-hands-on/) take giant leaps past the first dev unit, to say nothing of Valve's prototype (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/18/valve-vr-steam-dev-days/). Oculus isn't offering anything official in terms of word on new dev kits (beyond what the company's CTO told us last year (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/18/oculus-rift-john-carmack-interview/)), but we expect many devs already have some form of new hardware from the fast-growing VR company.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/11/oculus-dev-kit-sales-over/