An April story about Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey stated that the VR pioneer donated to the President’s inauguration through companies named after things from Chrono Trigger. Our previous assertion they were “shell companies” was disputed by Luckey last night on Twitter. We’ve updated the post accordingly.
Palmer Luckey Backs Trump With Companies Using Chrono Trigger Names [Update]
Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey, who last year spent a lot of money helping Donald Trump get elected, has since spent a lot of money helping Trump throw some big parties.
Oculus' John Carmack Has Serious Doubts About $500 Million Lawsuit’s Expert Witness [UPDATE]
Oculus CTO and renowned Quake and Doom programmer John Carmack slammed a Dallas jury’s Wednesday decision against Oculus in a $500 million copyright and non-disclosure agreement lawsuit. On Facebook, Carmack specifically takes issue with an expert witness whose testimony, he says, is “just not true.”
Palmer Luckey Comments On His Political Involvement, Says He's Voting Libertarian
As Kotaku noted this week, The Daily Beast reported that Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey has been “secretly funding” Nimble America, which it called “an unofficial Donald Trump group dedicated to ‘shitposting.’” Tonight, Palmer has commented on Facebook about his involvement.
Oculus Rift Founder Palmer Luckey Funding Trump Shitposters [UPDATE]
Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus Rift, has been keeping busy since he sold the company to Facebook in 2014. One thing he’s done to pass the time, as reported by The Daily Beast, is to financially back (and be named Vice President of) a non-profit dedicated to alt-right meme shitposts.
Palmer Luckey Braves Alaskan Cold To Deliver First Oculus Rift
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey traveled to Anchorage, Alaska today to personally deliver a signed package the first preorder customer and freeze his ass off.Watch his warm breath crystallize in the frigid air in the video below.
Palmer Luckey Does Not Screw Around With His Gaming PC
Palmer Luckey is currently slapping together a new gaming rig he thinks people might find “interesting.” He is not wrong.
Oculus Founder Tries Explaining That $600 Price Tag
The Oculus Rift will cost $600. That’s a lot of money, especially when Oculus founder and designer Palmer Luckey had previously mentioned a $350 ballpark for the target gamer audience. Luckey addressed that in a new Reddit AMA. Well, sorta.
The Future of Oculus Rift, According to the Man Who Invented It
If anyone knows what's going to happen to virtual reality it's Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift. So I asked him.
Here's ZeniMax's Specific Beef (Well, Beefs) With Oculus Rift
Oculus, makers of the Oculus Rift VR headset, and ZeniMax, owners of studios like id and Bethesda, are heading to court. It is going to get messy.
Minecraft On Oculus Rift Would Have Been A Free Demo, Notch Says
After news broke that the Oculus Rift version of Minecraft had been cancelled, many people couldn't help but wonder, just how much of the project was there to cancel, exactly? Was there something there to cancel, even?
I Conducted One Of The Final Pre-Facebook Oculus Rift Interviews Ever
They grow up so fast. Last Friday I sat down with Oculus Rift wunderkind Palmer Luckey to discuss the future of VR. He spoke candidly about why he doesn't feel threatened by Sony's Morpheus and, most tellingly, Oculus' responsibility to help make great VR games. The full thing is over at RPS.
Oculus Addresses Some Of The Internet's Biggest Concerns
Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus, has been known to show up on Reddit to respond to fans since the virtual reality's Kickstarter first showed up two years ago. Yesterday, he took to Reddit again to reply to many angry fans about their concerns.
The Prophet of Virtual Reality
Palmer Luckey, the the man behind Oculus virtual reality goggles, is shockingly young. He may be responsible for one of the current hottest things in tech, but he's just 21. And he says the kind of things people that age say when they're bold enough to dream out loud.
The maker of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset leads an all-star panel about VR that you can watch live at 7pm ET.
If You Funded This Ambitious Kickstarter, You'll Have To Wait At Least Another Three Months To Get Your Hands On It
Another day, another entry into the file of troubled Kickstarter successes. The Oculus Rift, a virtual reality gaming headset which raised millions of dollars on the site this summer, has been delayed from December until at least March 2013, and possibly through April.
John Carmack and Gabe Newell Are Very Excited About This Virtual Reality Gaming Headset.
A guy with the terrific name Palmer Luckey wants to finally make a great virtual reality gaming head-mounted display. Some guys behind some terrific games think you should help fund it.