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Today, we have a quick production update! A couple of weeks ago, the Universal-Fit Cushion entered mass production and we're excited to announce the first customer deliveries will happen next week.
Orders with a Universal-Fit Cushion
We receive Universal-Fit Cushions to our Los Angeles factory in large weekly batches, which enables us to ship approximately 15-20% of the pending Beyond 2 Universal-Fit orders each week. This puts us on track to complete all preorders with a Universal-Fit Cushion by early January.
Orders with a Custom-Fit Cushion
More than 80% of all preorders with the Custom-Fit Cushion have now shipped. As always, we try to ship "first in, first out" (FIFO) in the order in which orders were placed. However, it's not possible for production to be perfectly matched with order demand. As such, even some rare November orders have already shipped within 2 days of ordering. This is eventually the expected speed of product fulfillment for all SKUs when we have sufficient inventory in January/February. This can be amazing for the lucky customers and frustrating for the ones waiting weeks or months for their order. It's part of the unpredictability of a wide range of SKUs and custom-built made-to-order manufacturing. Changing your order generally won't help improve shipping speed or bump the queue as we deplete inventory of every SKU quickly each week.
We still have a backlog of orders to complete, specifically the VRChat Edition (in "Atomic Purple") and the most popular "Crystal Clear" color. All orders through June have shipped. July is nearly complete, with the last remaining orders pending more inventory of their specific SKUs. August is more than 50% complete. We expect to complete all remaining Custom-Fit orders through October by the end of December. Some early November orders may ship in December, but are most likely to ship in January (based on order date and SKU availability).
Coming Next
Development continues on eyetracking software (algorithms, integrations with games, foveated rendering), the Halo Mount, and other products. In December, we'll have two big updates to share regarding eyetracking and the Halo Mount. Stay tuned!
Our Los Angeles factory is working overtime during the holidays to try to ship as many Beyond 2s before Christmas as possible. With a growing volume of orders during Black Friday Cyber Monday, our most realistic expectation for new orders is a January ship date. By February, we expect to have plenty of inventory of all SKUs to enable fast shipment times within a couple days of placing an order. If you haven't ordered a Bigscreen Beyond 2 yet, you can order a Beyond 2 or 2e from our Store.