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Everyone who pledged for a Rift DK is getting a free Kickstarter Edition Oculus Rift
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wanderingprostheyltite
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Courtesy of Oculus' own Dycus off reddit.
Iced_Eagle
Member
Great move!
I bet the guy whom I bought the DK1 off of from Craiglist is happy. Got 50% of what he paid for DK1 from me when I bought it, and now gets CV1. So jealous, but now I just need to wake my ass up at 8am tomorrow to get my order in!
I bet the guy whom I bought the DK1 off of from Craiglist is happy. Got 50% of what he paid for DK1 from me when I bought it, and now gets CV1. So jealous, but now I just need to wake my ass up at 8am tomorrow to get my order in!
Head.spawn
Junior Member
I'm not a backer, but this is really cool to see them give back to the people that made it all possible and helped spark the movement in general.
Congrats guys
Congrats guys
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Well, I would bet most of the 175,000 people who bought DK2's weren't developers, and as the order page said specifically not to order it if you weren't a developer, there's no way they are going to reward people for that
118.000, the rest were DK1.
Permanently A
Junior Member
Holy shit no joke. Backing a kickstarter for $300, presumably selling the DK for a similar price and then getting CV1 (est value $400-$500). I bet this is the first time a Kickstarter was actually a wholly profitable investment.
I got a solution for your problem, send me your CV1 and I'll give you my 970 and then we're both happy.
ultrazilla
Gold Member
Dream, KHarvey and Durante, thanks for the answers/comments.
Also congrats to the original backers. Definitely a cool move by Oculus to give them a consumer model free.
Also congrats to the original backers. Definitely a cool move by Oculus to give them a consumer model free.
6955 individual backers pledged for devkits.
Some pledged for higher campaign rewards with multiple devkits so 7457 DK1's.
The amount of free limited edition "Kickstarter" Oculus Rift units being handed out should be between 6955 and 7457. Assuming a retail price of $499 that would mean a combined (retail price) value of up to $3,721,043.
Some pledged for higher campaign rewards with multiple devkits so 7457 DK1's.
The amount of free limited edition "Kickstarter" Oculus Rift units being handed out should be between 6955 and 7457. Assuming a retail price of $499 that would mean a combined (retail price) value of up to $3,721,043.
Backer number 6,486 here to tell you:
1) Log into Kickstarter
2) view the Oculus rift page ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game )
3) Click "View Pledge" on the left side of the top of the page.
4) Backer number is at the bottom
So stoked about this super kind gesture on Oculus' part. Was literally getting shot down by the wife just this morning on preordering tomorrow, then found out this incredible news 15 mins later!
iceatcs
Junior Member
Thanks,
Oh wow, I'm one of near the last of the batch. 8,732 out of 9,522. I remember I won a sports bet and decided spent on it last few days for Kickstarter campaign. Lucky
RadicalVelocity
Member
Backer 1222. Whether I get one or two, totally worth it.
Yeah, like others said, now i can afford the upgrade I need to be fully ready! haha. The 670 has been good, though
Yeah, like others said, now i can afford the upgrade I need to be fully ready! haha. The 670 has been good, though
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
I'm still kind of in disbelief that they did this for us, never had anything like this happen before. Part of my brain is still wrapped up in the "how much?" loop without fully accepting its free for me lol. Free...vr...does not compute!
plagiarize
Banned
I'm still pinching myself. #5297 here.
Unknown Soldier
Member
I'm one of the original 9,522, according to KS #4,333. I'm pretty stoked here right now, this was a pretty amazing gesture from Oculus VR. I've already built my new gaming PC so I'm ready for some VR action.
I'm backer number 9865 out of 9522 and I got the email for the free CV1
Backed for the 'early rift developer kit + DOOM 3 BFG' for $330 ($30 for international shipping)
So apparantly Palmer was saying that preordering a rift also secures a spot for preordering the touch controllers. But what about those of us getting free ORs? I want the touch controllers too - hopefully we'll also get spots reserved so we can preorder them early - I don't even mind paying for them
Fatal Futanari
Member
So stoked. Ready for VR Porn and anime games
So apparantly Palmer was saying that preordering a rift also secures a spot for preordering the touch controllers. But what about those of us getting free ORs? I want the touch controllers too - hopefully we'll also get spots reserved so we can preorder them early - I don't even mind paying for them
I would assume they'd do another survey like this one giving us the chance to pre-order Touch first.
Giving us free Rifts was already crazy. I can't imagine a free touch on top. I'll happily pay for it but I also hope we get first dibs.
metareferential
Member
I'm backer number 9865 out of 9522 and I got the email for the free CV1
Backed for the 'early rift developer kit + DOOM 3 BFG' for $330 ($30 for international shipping)
Same here, number 9878.
metareferential
Member
Do you guys see the Rift in your order history on the oculus store?
Nope but since it's being done through kickstarter maybe it's not going to show there.
metareferential
Member
I thought so too; but I've read someone in the pre-order thread saying otherwise and I got concerned xD
Maybe they were talking about something else, that thread is fast.
Tertullian
Member
Well I'm sure as heck not buying a Rift at launch (and wouldn't be even if it were $400), but if I were, I wouldn't be happy about the fact that I were subsidizing Kickstarter backers.
Eh, don't look at it that way.
Kickstarter backers are what made this happen. This is just a huge thank you from Oculus.
The other way around. The Kickstarter backers are reason you are even able to buy a Rift today.
lol
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
I would imagine them having already allocated the KS figures as priority, at least I certainly hope so. Can't see them putting us in the back of the line.
metareferential
Member
Let's hope we get some infos soon.
28th March for us too? Would be nice to get it a tad earlier
28th March for us too? Would be nice to get it a tad earlier
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Let's hope we get some infos soon.
28th March for us too? Would be nice to get it a tad earlier
Can I get mine next week? Pretty please? Gear launch spoiled me something wicked...
finalflame
Gold Member
Let's hope we get some infos soon.
28th March for us too? Would be nice to get it a tad earlier
Really? You're getting it for free and that's not enough? Talk about "give them an inch and they'll take a mile", jeez.
Bornstellar
Member
Damn hindsight.
metareferential
Member
Jealousy is a beast, I know.
Hate to be one of the "give an inch, take a mile" dudes, but I really wish I had something I could F5 on this thing!
There isn't really even an order page or anything for these free rifts right? Just a note somewhere saying you responded to the survey and gave an address?
So stoked! I was worried about my GTX 680 being good enough for the Rift, but I ended up finding a used GTX 680 on ebay and now have them set up in SLI Hope it is strong enough! Seems to have better effective performance than a single 970..
There isn't really even an order page or anything for these free rifts right? Just a note somewhere saying you responded to the survey and gave an address?
So stoked! I was worried about my GTX 680 being good enough for the Rift, but I ended up finding a used GTX 680 on ebay and now have them set up in SLI
Hope it is strong enough! Seems to have better effective performance than a single 970..wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Hate to be one of the "give an inch, take a mile" dudes, but I really wish I had something I could F5 on this thing!
There isn't really even an order page or anything for these free rifts right? Just a note somewhere saying you responded to the survey and gave an address?
So stoked! I was worried about my GTX 680 being good enough for the Rift, but I ended up finding a used GTX 680 on ebay and now have them set up in SLI
Leading up to end of march (or whenever they start shipping) they'll start sending out emails to confirm details just like they did with the ks, at least I imagine that's how it'd be. I know it feels weird to be in this kinda nebulous space with no identifying number to go along with things, but at least we still got our backer numbers, so that should count for something, right? lol
metareferential
Member
Yeah, let's hope Oculus will continue treating us like they did until now.
What a surprise reading that email, I thought it was an error for a while xD
Mr. Giggles
Member
Wow, that's pretty cool!
Enjoy guys!
Enjoy guys!
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
I was in disbelief too, throughout the day I kept wondering how much it was going to cost, in denial I was getting something like that for free.
metareferential
Member
Yep, just go an email, good thing I don't have to ship to friends in another country xD