If you are one of the backers for the Rokid Glasses on Kickstarter, you might feel frustrated after hearing what I know. The Rokid Glasses is currently on pre-order at Challenger Singapore until 19th October and fulfillment will start from 20th October.
I am one of the backers (backer #600) for the Rokid AI & AR glasses, Rokid Glasses. It was successfully funded on 10th October 2025 (recently), and all backers are expected to get it by November 2025.
As a disclaimer, Kickstarter is NOT a retail platform. It is a platform where backers support interesting projects and put them to life. Some projects did not make it to the final product. Most of them made it after successfully funded. That means that backers must have some faith in the companies/person to support them (monetarily).
In this case of the Rokid Glasses, it is rare that the final product will be made available to consumers first instead of the backers on Kickstarter who had taken a leap of faith to support them in the early phase. To be fair, Rokid is a solid company with good track records on their products. And Kickstarter backers can get the product at a cheaper pricing than the RRP and usually with free gifts. It is just sad that their marketing strategy prefers consumers than Kickstarter backers (IMHO).
Here is a screenshot of the Kickstarter project for the Rokid Glasses. I am happy that they have exceeded their expectation by a big margin. They have collected more than USD 3.6 million from more than 5,000 backers.
I had a few chances to meet up with the Rokid team in Singapore but due to conflict of schedules, I am unable to meet them (they are public events, not media meet-up). I have not personally reach out to them to understand why they make this decision but for now, I just hope that they can deliver the Rokid Glasses on time before my end-of-the-year trip.
Let me know how you feel as a backer for this project.
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