Oculus has had a bumpy time of late with its delayed shipment to backers of its Kickstarter campaign. However, the company is undaunted, moving ahead with a launch through some retail outlets this weekend.

On its official blog, Oculus revealed that the Rift will be part of the Intel Experience at 48 Best Buys around the United States starting on May 7. It promises that later this summer, more Best Buy locations will be added. In addition, Oculus says an "extremely limited" number of Rifts will be available for purchase at Best Buy and online through Microsoft and Amazon on May 6 starting at 9 a.m. PT. Oculus is focused on filling its backlogged pre-orders, but the company wants to get some extra units out to people willing to pay for them. Of course, if you can't wait for your pre-order, Oculus will let you buy it retail and still keep the pre-order benefits, such as like the EVE: Valkyrie Founder’s Pack and priority status for Touch pre-orders.

"Starting May 6th, if you’re interested, simply go to your order status and let us know you’ve purchased a Rift at retail, and we’ll cancel your pre-order. Your EVE: Valkyrie entitlement will appear in your order history," the site says.

As part of the in-store experience, Oculus is showing demos of Dreamdeck and The Climb. Farlands will be added in the coming weeks.

Oculus has introduced Oculus Live so people can find the store closest to them that will be doing demos. If you live in Canada or Europe, Oculus said it is working to bring demos to those areas this fall.