Items tagged with palmer luckey

by Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 31, 2017

Oculus Rift Creator Palmer Luckey Departs Facebook Following Tumultuous Legal Battle

Palmer Luckey is leaving Facebook. The Oculus co-founder came up with the Rift and is largely responsible for popularizing VR. Now he departs the world's largest social network three years after selling his company to Facebook. Today will be his last day on the job. Publicly, the parting of ways between Luckey and... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Mar 03, 2016

Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Tells Apple To ‘Release A Good Computer’ To Gain Rift Support

Back in May 2015, Oculus delivered some bad news for those that were possibly hoping to experience the Rift VR headset on Mac or Linux platforms. At the time, Oculus Chief Architect Atman Binstock stated that development on both platforms had been “paused in order to focus on delivering a high quality consumer-level... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 07, 2016

Oculus CEO Palmer Luckey Faces Backlash, Apologizes For Oculus Rift Pricing Confusion

Oculus starting accepting pre-orders for its Rift VR headset yesterday, though at a price many weren't expecting. At a dollar shy of $600, sticker shock reverberated through the Internet community, and not without reason -- Oculus founder Palmer Luckey commented just a few months ago that Oculus Rift would be in the... Read more...