Compsiox
Banned
Pretty much what everyone has been raging about. Oculus promised a system tracking system that should have been out by now.
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Oculus Rift available for preorder for $599.99, shipping in March
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Pretty much what everyone has been raging about. Oculus promised a system tracking system that should have been out by now.
DOT DASH DOT
Member
They know how many they've made, they know how many orders they have, they know the order in which they were received.
It's not difficult to let people know who've paid a lot of money for this gear when it's shipping.
It's not difficult to let people know who've paid a lot of money for this gear when it's shipping.
Compsiox
Banned
Yeah it's wrong of Palmer to act like we're overreacting for no reason. A lot of things reps said about shipping were misleading.
Felix Lighter
Member
It's the perfect storm. A long wait almost over, super enthusiastic community, and iffy communication. It was going to boil over. This will all be forgotten soon enough.
BrettWeir
Member
Yeah, definitely where it started to go downhill. They should have had some PR folks to communicate and clean up the mess. Silence hasn't helped at all.
Tomorrow is definitely going to be an interesting day in regards to this release.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Gonna ask again for new page, anyone know if someone is planning on doing an OT?
BrettWeir
Member
Unfortunately, no.
Was wondering about this as well.
Nope. My employee in Latvia had Friday and tomorrow off for bank holidays. The US doesn't have a national/bank holiday for Easter.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Tomorrow isn't a holiday in the US.
The Elite
BOSS
There is no reason for you not to see movement even if you're in the UK. They can charge your credit card in the US and begin the shipping process.
I'm not getting a Rift anytime soon, so I have no horse in the "I want info vs. be patient" race. You paying 600 bucks for something? You better give me some information. Sorry bros, I'm not one to feel entitled, but you're taking a good chunk of my hard earned money, it's the least you could do.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
They don't charge you until it ships. Everybody be like they're a bunch of banditos cackling while clutching stacks of cash in Zuck's throne room.
Ovek
7Member7
They will charge you through Facebook/Oculus Ireland (corporate tax dodge ahoy).
Wildstar75
Member
The way I see it was HTC announced kits start arriving on the 5th. Then Palmer posts kickstarters and preorders will start arriving on Monday. This is after he retweeted Brendan's tweet that Rifts are shipping and will start arriving Monday. So it felt like a clarification. And to me it felt like a reaction to HTC to keep more from cancelling preorders. Then he announces the hand delivery to the first preorder, which he admitted was a last minute decision. And that showed!!! Then he started backtracking. Personally I don't care as long as my Rift ships next week. But I can see why people are angry. Palmer probably needs a BIG long vacation. He deserves it. To be honest I have this feeling that my Vive will come before or at the same time as my rift and both were preordered in the first few minutes.
I believe in you, OT it up.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Thank you but I have zero experience with OTs and would rather someone with a penchant for flare and gaf's formatting subtleties to do it instead. Don't want CV1 OT to look like a rickety, shambling mess of a thing lol.
Just put up a thread saying that the real OT will be posted in one to three weeks, and then yer good.
BrettWeir
Member
Taking a step back and looking at the big picture......tomorrow is a monumental occasion and milestone in technology. From tomorrow going forward, the landscape will change for so many industries. Education, entertainment, engineering, art, communication, work......the list goes on and on.
Granted it will take a while to adopt and develop, but tomorrow is the first step. It's pretty mind blowing to even think of what the future will hold utilizing VR.
Looking forward to seeing all of the unboxing videos and impressions tomorrow.
Granted it will take a while to adopt and develop, but tomorrow is the first step. It's pretty mind blowing to even think of what the future will hold utilizing VR.
Looking forward to seeing all of the unboxing videos and impressions tomorrow.
Dev kits were posted from Amsterdam and London for euro folks. We didn't have any updates on shipping before it was released from shipping company in London. It certainly didn't ship direct from usa
Compsiox
Banned
VR dies after two years...I would probably quit gaming.
BrettWeir
Member
KatamariOnTheRocks
Member
It really is an incredibly exciting time.
I know I'll be spending the next few weeks enjoying impressions videos until my headsets arrive
Had a link for you, but you got it.
The Elite
BOSS
I stand corrected.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Ahh, there you go. I thought I was losing my mind or something, I remembered reading it somewhere and it's honestly the only reason I've been F5'ing their site for the past few days.
Compsiox
Banned
Yup. It was really dumb of Palmer to act like nothing happened.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
27 here and getting pretty excited. A small part of me hopes no emails are sent tomorrow, just to see r/oculus lose its shit.
Specialmias
Member
https://mobile.twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/714289022227492864
Looks like they'll ship Wednesday
The 30th of March.
Looks like they'll ship Wednesday
The 30th of March.
Compsiox
Banned
Well I'm getting mine shipped tomorrow and I'm a 27.
Im jelly
Compsiox
Banned
Lmao. You said it in such a matter of fact way that I thought you had some inside info.
I'll be fine as long as I get it within a week. Picked up another toy yesterday that should keep me entertained.
Lol im with you and hope yours does. Im a 32 i have no idea when im getting mine.
Compsiox
Banned
Lmao. You said it in such a matter of fact way that I thought you had some inside info.
I'll be fine as long as I get it within a week. Picked up another toy yesterday that should keep me entertained.
I'm very sure that the numbers don't mean much.
Specialmias
Member
You know. At first I was sympathetic with the redditors as Palmer being condescending was a dick move. Also lack of communication but now people are bitching it's the 30th instead of the 28th.
Oh ffs. Cancel your oreorder then.
Oh ffs. Cancel your oreorder then.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
I didn't mean it.
Some people were born without patience, I am one of them.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Not bad at all. Hopeful for them to complete KS units by end of week cause I'm at the back of that line lol.
Specialmias
Member
I have suspicion that when units do arrive people will complain about the resolution and screen door effect of the units. They've been sold as a screendoor-less unit with much better resolution than previous VR offerings. However, a lot of that is kind of subjective and a lot of folks will complain about that too.
That's really strange. I wonder how something like this just gets figured out?
Not a big deal but with such a big launch, how does this just get set in stone the day before they were thought to ship?
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
It's getting hard to trust this guy. His major product statements often miss the mark of reality.
Release date is in the ballpark of the 28th I guess.
Enordash
Member
Ok, now this is getting annoying. What can we believe at this point?
Specialmias
Member
I'm going to put my tinfoil hat theory to the test and say I'll donate $2000 to charity if most of the rifts promised for March are shipped March. I still think Palmer only said the arriving the 28th thing to beat the vive release date in paper. In fact I think overall we will have more vive units in the wild than Rifts by mid April and they know this. They're doing everything possible to make it seem on paper that they've hit all their deadlines.
In fact, I predict Oculus will make an aggressive push to steal attention away from those Vive units in the wild somehow.
Source: I do this for a living with grants.
In fact, I predict Oculus will make an aggressive push to steal attention away from those Vive units in the wild somehow.
Source: I do this for a living with grants.