Oculus "Rift" : An open-source HMD for Kickstarter

Post by **geekmaster** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:15 am

Worked for me too. I guess we will not know when it will ship, until we get a notice that is HAS shipped.

Not sure what all those "Ready status" reports mean, unless Oculus plans to surprise us with news that they have many more Rifts than the 5,000 that was previously announced.

Post by **LordJuanlo** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:16 am

YES! Ready, number 14xx

Post by **mrklaw** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:18 am

Diorama wrote:My order is 'Ready', but not 'Shipped'.

In this context, what can 'Ready' mean? I am assuming that it simply means that my payment has been received, as I didn't order until the 6th of February and can't imagine that my Rift has even been manufactured yet...

yeah, I'm guessing it just means you've ticked all the boxes and paid the correct money (eg in my case I had to add $30 for international shipping). Mine says ready! too but I'm 9xxx so probably not ready ready

unless they're stockpiling them waiting for a big PR announcement as they go out, wouldn't they just ship them as they get them?

I'd love mine this month, as my wife and kids are abroad visiting the in-laws during Easter, and it'd be good for me to look like an idiot in private first

Post by **Parallaxis** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:21 am

Maybe I have already received my kit.

I could be wearing it just now and not realizing I am trapped in an artificial virtual reality world.

I see no screen door effect though and I am not feeling dizzy when going from side to side.

Post by **jf031** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:24 am

So good to get confirmation that my order went through completely. Had minor anxiety about some unknown error occurring, and I would lose my place (ordered on the first day the post-kickstarter pre-orders were available).

Ready means "no issues with your order." That's all it means.

Post by **backstaia** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:25 am

30xx
Holy

day 2 backer -> hope they finished the 5000 rifts and find austria
Can't wait

Post by **alekki** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:26 am

Order ID 00488X

Man do I hope they'll ship 5000 units in the first batch!

Post by **cerulianbaloo** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:31 am

Parallaxis wrote:Maybe I have already received my kit.

I could be wearing it just now and not realizing I am trapped in an artificial virtual reality world.

I see no screen door effect though and I am not feeling dizzy when going from side to side.

I have literally had this thought too many times already this month...the Rift is even more immersive than I expected, but the still having to pay rent part sucks.

Post by **vtms** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:34 am

I won't get a dev kit because I wait for the consumer version, but, still, it's going to be very exciting for you all to get these ORs now and to read about your experiences.

Post by **oculusfan** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:35 am

Add me the the ready list. Has anyone received a status other than ready?

Post by **ftarnogol** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:37 am

Ordered on October 17th
Order 020605

Says ready: I also think it means that everything checked out, not that my Rift is at the warehouse

Post by **GeraldT** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:39 am

backstaia wrote:30xx
Holy day 2 backer -> hope they finished the 5000 rifts and find austria
Can't wait

WOW ... Austria???

... so where do you live?

... I can bring my LEAP so you have something cool to checkout while I checkout the RIFT?

Post by **baggyg** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:40 am

Ordered 27th September (First day of pre orders I think)
and number 201xx.

Would be interesting to know if these were sequential although 20k from kickstarter doesn't sound right. Perhaps they started the preorders at 20000 although its just wishful thinking.

Perhaps it's a little too early to start pressing f5 every 5 seconds until its says shipped

Post by **maboo63** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:42 am

@geraldT: u already have the leap?

Post by **Namielus** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:46 am

I also have a leap motion. Dev Board 0.6.5

Post by **maboo63** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:48 am

cool! did it meet your expectations?

Post by **a7las** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:48 am

baggyg wrote:Ordered 27th September (First day of pre orders I think)
and number 201xx.

Would be interesting to know if these were sequential although 2k from kickstarter doesn't sound right. Perhaps they started the preorders at 20000 although its just wishful thinking.

Perhaps it's a little too early to start pressing f5 every 5 seconds until its says shipped

I think you may be right about the numbering, because I placed a second order on another Kickstarter account just so I could get the signed shirt and poster. That was done on the last day of the kickstarter campaign, and my order number is around 10,000.

Post by **drifter** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:50 am

Parallaxis wrote:Maybe I have already received my kit.
I could be wearing it just now and not realizing I am trapped in an artificial virtual reality world.

You can try reality checks (see lucid dreams), or else look for a mirror, if you look more handsome than usual, you may be in a VR world

(sorry)

baggyg wrote:Perhaps it's a little too early to start pressing f5 every 5 seconds until its says shipped

Making it our homepage is already a good start

Post by **GeraldT** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:52 am

maboo63 wrote:@geraldT: u already have the leap?

yeah - I also got the dev board v.06.5 and it looks a lot like the final product.

LEAP.png

Today was the first day I started developing with it and while the demos were rather boring (but extremely impressive as far as the tech goes), I already have a LEAP arm coming from using it in Unity.
It is awesome and I am very happy to be able to develop for it.

@Namielus ... you have it too? Will you release something for it? Unity?

Post by **baggyg** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:55 am

drifter wrote:
Parallaxis wrote:Maybe I have already received my kit.
I could be wearing it just now and not realizing I am trapped in an artificial virtual reality world.
You can try reality checks (see lucid dreams), or else look for a mirror, if you look more handsome than usual, you may be in a VR world (sorry)

That's weird, every time I look in the mirror all I see is Duke Nukem

Post by **geekmaster** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:56 am

cerulianbaloo wrote:... I'm still crossing my fingers the panel at SXSW will get covered well or at least include a video. ...

geekmaster wrote:
mscoder610 wrote:Considering dropping by the SXSW gaming expo this weekend - PalmerTech will Oculus being giving hands on demos of the Rift, or just speaking at the panel (Fri at 6pm)?
http://www.oculusvr.com/blog/ready-player-one-ernest-cline-visits-oculus-vr-hq/ wrote:SXSW Panel Livestream

Great news for those not in Austin: we’re livestreaming the SXSW panel tomorrow on the future of VR gaming with the help of the Verge!

Virtual Reality: The Holy Grail of Gaming
Paul Bettner, Chris Roberts, Cliff Bleszinski, and Palmer Luckey
6:00 – 6:45pm CST this Friday, March 8th

You can read the full panel details here.

We don’t have the official details for accessing the livestream yet, but we’ll be sure to share a direct link with everyone before the panel begins.
Dinner time on "International Woman's Day"? Who's bright idea was that? That is one of the most important holidays in many (non-American) cultures, and those of us with Russian girlfriends or wives will have furious hell to pay if we are not sitting in a restaurant when this livestream event is in progress?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day wrote:Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In some regions, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day.
I sure hope I can download this livestream it and watch it immediately after I get back from my manly duty on this auspicious international holiday. Blowing off something more important than Valentine's Day and Mother's Day COMBINED is not a wise move for those who should know better...

Post by **Namielus** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:04 pm

GerardT, I havent had much luck yet as I have a shiny plate over my computer that seems to be causing problems.

It seems to prefer tracking fingers spread palm down, and I am curious to how well it can track a fist etc.

If you PM me your skype or something we can compare notes when we get to developing, assuming we are both going to try to get something working for Oculus Rift.

Post by **Drewbdoo** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:23 pm

Parallaxis wrote:Maybe I have already received my kit.

I could be wearing it just now and not realizing I am trapped in an artificial virtual reality world.

I see no screen door effect though and I am not feeling dizzy when going from side to side.

Can't be that - at least if it is, I can confirm positional tracking

Post by **beatet** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:30 pm

Calm down guys, #045367 Feb 6, 2013 and I´m ready too.
I think it´s just the payment is ok. I hope my rift will come middle april. Can´t wait.

Post by **zalo** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:34 pm

Would either of you be interested in telling me what kind of range you're getting with my Leap tool tracking demo?
http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=138&t=16507

Either the latest update or the rev0.6.5 device (had a rev 4 device before) seems to have neutered it, making it much less reliable at detecting tools.

By the way, Order number 00811

. Ordered a couple hours after the kickstarter came online.

Post by **cms** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:47 pm

Wooohoo, Order 00012x is Ready! Can't wait.

Post by **Qoheleth** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:52 pm

cms, what was your backing date?

I'm Aug. 11th, 67XX.

Post by **hammerbot** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:52 pm

Haha my order has an error in it. Please use only english character it tells me. But my address contains characters like ö ä ü. Should i just replace those characters with regular english ones?

Anyone have any suggestions or experience.

And i already wrote to oculus support but i think its gonna take some time before they can answer and since my address is not right i see a scary message "please update your address in order to avoid shipping delay"

EDIT: i ordered on august 2 and my order is 3003. In case anyone cares

Post by **cms** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:56 pm

Qoheleth wrote:cms, what was your backing date?

Aug 1, before 9 AM UTC - One of the unassembled kits

I was (read am) excited and eager.

Post by **Callezetter** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:57 pm

Just change the special characters to something your national post can understand.
I ususally replace the ä with an a, or the ö with the o. Never had any issues
with the local delivery part to fail understand that.

Post by **hammerbot** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:59 pm

Callezetter wrote:Just change the special characters to something your national post can understand.
I ususally replace the ä with an a, or the ö with the o. Never had any issues
with the local delivery part to fail understand that.

Thanks so much. This is what i itended to do but since i was not sure and its my first international shipping then i thought i ask here fist.

Thanks again

Post by **Annon** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:01 pm

Order # 000145.

Can't wait!

Post by **IGameArt** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:10 pm

Order #006950! Grr! This means i'm looking at mid April delivery right?

Post by **cerulianbaloo** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:37 pm

I'm probably just being paranoid but I selected the update button below shipping address info, I didn't change anything in there mind you, just wanted to make sure they've got all the info they need. You don't think that would cause a delay in shipping do you if it's all the same info even though I selected update?

Post by **Naru** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:38 pm

Order #020065 here. I wonder if there will be a way for those of us who missed the Kickstarter to order a t-shirt.

Post by **cerulianbaloo** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:46 pm

Naru wrote:Order #020065 here. I wonder if there will be a way for those of us who missed the Kickstarter to order a t-shirt.

The t-shirts will end up being on your avatar in VR. Just look down or in a mirror, bam! Oculus t-shirt.

Post by **frakur** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:52 pm

Order no 0052xx, ordered on 5th August. Bit disappointed with how far I am down the list, I thought I was around 3-4k based on the level of kickstarter funding at the time. Looks like a bit of extra waiting for me!

Post by **geekmaster** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:00 pm

cerulianbaloo wrote:The t-shirts will end up being on your avatar in VR. Just look down or in a mirror, bam! Oculus t-shirt.

But if it detects that you are wearing a DIY Rift clone, the t-shirt will look like it was hand-painted by a preschooler!

Post by **MSat** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:01 pm

I'm in the 9000s because I had to wait until August 30th to place my order

But if I get it within a month from now, I'll be more than happy. Here's to hoping!

Post by **DaEmpty** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:04 pm

Aug 31
OrderID 98xx

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