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Why would non-hardware backers expect any money back?

• eveningcoffee 11y ago
  Yes, exactly. They actually still will get their benefits as updates and such.
• Nexxxeh 11y ago
  As a non-hardware backer myself, I'm not hugely bothered. But many of us did a non-hardware-tier backing to receive the cool technical updates, which will now be scaled back or discontinued. Personally, I'm hoping we get a discount voucher when the hardware ships. Regardless, I'm happy enough. I just wanted to support their vision. CastAR has an interesting origin story, going back to Valve getting Jeri Ellsworth to effectively build a Valve hardware division. AR/VR is an exciting field for a spectator, and it'll be interesting to see how it shakes out. Edit: http://castar.com/kickstarter-faq/ http://castar.com/kickstarter-faq/ >In addition, many of our Backers were excited by the high level of technical communication we initially provided. However, as the project moved out of R&D and into commercial hardware development and production, that level of communication was no longer possible and the amount we communicated to our Kickstarter supporters had to change. We are sorry that the intense level of information is no longer possible, but we do still want to keep a channel open. Regrettably it can no longer be at the former level.
  • eveningcoffee 11y ago
    Actually you might be rightful to expect something as they do not plan to commit fully to their promise: You will continue to get news and updates, just not at the level of technical granularity as before. but as they actually did not specify at the beginning what the level of updates would be, then yeah, I think it is a fair game to not receive something. Edit: And if it does help - personal thanks from me for your support. I am not the backer but I think it is a very cool idea and Jeri is very a wonderful person.