Good grief people. When you fund a kickstarter project you are not buying a stake in a company, you're simply helping an idea get off the ground. And to that end, the Oculus kickstarter did just that, it helped make the idea of an affordable VR headset come to fruition. That's in itself is the payoff!Oculus took the steps need to go mainstream with their product, which has always been there goal. Some people seem to think that Oculus should have remained some kind of indie project, but Palmer has always been clear that they are trying to change the entire world with VR, and unfortunately that takes not only a vast amount of money, but infrastructure as well.