Meant to be Seen

PalmerTech wrote:

Mel wrote:I would like mine signed.

How do I go about getting it?

If anyone wants to get it signed, several options:

1) We can arrange to transport your unit to me, have it signed, then sent back.
2) I can send you a signed control box cover that would be easy to swap on. I would sign the front of the unit, but I want to be careful about it. Several people have been working on webcam tracking solutions, probably better for everyone to have a uniform surface on the front of their Rift.

PalmerTech wrote:As for the other things, hold tight. You will all be getting another package.

sambeckett wrote:

PalmerTech wrote:As for the other things, hold tight. You will all be getting another package.

its been almost 45 days since you told us to hold tight

I hate to keep asking.

German wrote:I'd really just like the $200 he said he'd refund back. I've emailed him once already and no response.

sambeckett wrote: [...]
I figure since we were the earliest investors we should get 1/30th of 1% of your company or .0003 of your value each, or $9000 if your valued at 30 million today.
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sambeckett wrote:Why is it ridiculous?

The company was valued at prob at more than 30 million if they received 16 million in funding,
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/06/22 ... t-funding/

They made 2.3 million from kickstarter, and prob twice that on site pre-orders for the ALPHA hardware.
The HD unit will sell 10x as much, earning them 20 million+

9k to the first 30 people that gave them money (500$+) when they had no money is not a big request at all.

Oculus rift is a huge success and will continue to be based on everyone in the industry.
It has received great news, great reviews, and is in a new industry.
It like investing in the iphone before anyone knew what it was.

I wish my $500 was a fractional share......
I have money and if I could I would invest today, but it is a private company.

sambeckett wrote: They made 2.3 million from kickstarter, and prob twice that on site pre-orders for the ALPHA hardware.
The HD unit will sell 10x as much, earning them 20 million+

9k to the first 30 people that gave them money (500$+) when they had no money is not a big request at all.

I wish my $500 was a fractional share......
I have money and if I could I would invest today, but it is a private company.

sambeckett wrote:I figure since we were the earliest investors we should get 1/30th of 1% of your company or .0003 of your value each, or $9000 if your valued at 30 million today. OR maybe confirmation on that early pair of HD glasses and final retail version.

sambeckett wrote:Why is it ridiculous?

I was just speculating what our early cash should be worth today IF it was a real investment ( which I know it wasn't - obviously )

sambeckett wrote:We were promised something that has yet to be delivered($200 refund or maybe 2nd HD unit, or other things such as a signed unit, t shirts, and other rewards.)

I am not sure why after such success we have been forgotten about, seems awkward. I know if I started something that just got a huge investment 16 MILLION I would stop to thank the first 30 people that gave me my first seed money. Shouldn't take more than a hour out of your day.

Alkapwn wrote:Looks like the DK2 is officially up for pre-order. I couldn't get through though.

German wrote:

Alkapwn wrote:Looks like the DK2 is officially up for pre-order. I couldn't get through though.

I got an order in but the site charged my card twice(according to online banking) and the order process was left in a failure state with an internal error. Contacted support.

I also emailed Palmer to ask why we weren't notified/allowed to pre-order first like he promised but oh well, haven't heard anything from him in a year. Didn't expect much more really, he was super gracious with what he did do for us.

Okta wrote: Thanks guys, your contribution was really appreciated!

CONTROVERSY WITH FACEBOOK AND CROWDFUNDING:
The $25 pledge, the $40,000 payoff: Kickstarter offers absolutely no equity positions in companies. Pledges go toward projects for various reasons,
including presales of products (like Oculus Rift), goodies like T-shirts, or even just personal thanks. Equity, on the other hand, gets much more complex.

An initial investment, known as a seed round, typically requires a company to give up 15% to 30% of its interest in the company, split between an employee option pool and investors.

Oculus Rift's efforts on Kickstarter netted $2.4 million when it set out to only bring in $250,000. That indicates significant user interest in the product, but does not really help with a valuation.

However, let's say that Oculus Rift launched a crowdfunding equity round capped at $250,000 for 20% of the company. This system could offer investments at a variety of levels including $25.

This would give the company a $1.25 million valuation. The $2 billion price tag would have yielded a roughly 1,600 times return. That would have made the $25 pledge for an Oculus Rift T-shirt

(plus $15 for shipping and handling) worth about $40,000. A $500 investment would yield a return of $950,000. In reality, it's not quite that straightforward: equity investors would be susceptible to having their investment

watered down by additional fundraising rounds. But this example provides some idea of the reason that some people eagerly anticipate equity crowdfunding. (- Mashable)

V8Griff wrote:Let's not resurrect this BS again.

Kickstarter funders got what they paid for and indeed much more than what was promised. The REAL value was added by the early cash & VC funders and the guys on the team.

(Sure I'd have liked a piece of the Facebook cash but that wasn't what was on offer)