Facebook’s Oculus Rift Site Crashes as Sale Kicks Off

CBS News: The much-hyped Oculus Rift virtual reality headset finally became available for pre-orders — but the company’s website couldn’t seem to handle the initial rush. Social media quickly filled up with complaints about the site crashing and orders failing to go through. Oculus, which is owned by Facebook, announced in a blog post that the VR devices will sell for a starting price of $599.