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Only Around 70% Of Population Will be Able To Use The Oculus Rift S

March 25, 2019 Griffin Streeter

Just a little while ago Oculus announced a new upcoming HMD called the Oculus Rift S. It features some new upgrades that have not previously been seen on the original Oculus Rift CV1 including inside-out tracking. However, the founder of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, recently stated that only 70% of people would be able to use […]

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Ted Cruz Questions Mark Zuckerberg On Why He Fired Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey

April 11, 2018 Griffin Streeter

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was called into a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday to explain his reasoning behind why our data was being sold without a user’s permission. In this instance, he was grilled with questions by dozens of senators and was told to explain why Cambridge Analytica had such easy access to […]

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Palmer Luckey Applying VR And AR Technology In His New Defense Company Anduril

October 19, 2017 SJ Kim

The VR industry is shifting in a whole other direction with the recent announcement of Palmer Luckey’s new defense startup, Anduril. We’ve recently discovered through reports by Tech Crunch that Luckey was heading into a new realm working with engineers from Palantir and Trae Stephens from The Founder Fund who all have background and knowledge in U.S. defense […]

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Palmer Luckey Tries Pimax 8K VR Headset – “Better Than Expected”

September 30, 2017 SJ Kim

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, has recently tried on the Pimax 8K VR headset. This new HMD has astronomically surpassed its $200,000 goal on Kickstarter with over $1.2 million pledged so far backed by 1,900+ people. With such response from the community, it’s a wonder on how good of a headset the Pimax […]

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Palmer Luckey Talks About Adult VR While Wearing A Bikini

September 21, 2017 SJ Kim

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus is currently overseas in Japan talking about the state of the VR industry. He recently joined a HentaiVR panel where they talked about various subjects in the vertical all while wearing a bikini. Palmer Luckey stated that the major hurdle for VR wasn’t the issue of hardware sales but rather the lack of […]

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Palmer Luckey May Possibly Be Saving AltspaceVR From Shutting Down

July 29, 2017 SJ Kim

Palmer Luckey has been one of the biggest influences in the VR industry. Being the original founder of Oculus VR, he helped bring about a new wave of virtual reality. Recently, it’s been unveiled that AltspaceVR will be shutting its doors due to a multitude of reasons. But Palmer Luckey might be chiming in to […]

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Weekly Highlights: HTC Link Headset, First Oculus Employee Leaves Company

May 28, 2017 SJ Kim

This week was full of interesting news. In quite shocking style, HTC launched a brand new VR headset called the Link. In addition to that, Oculus’s first employee has left the company. Make sure to sign up for our newsletters found on the right side of the menu bar. 1. HTC Releases New VR Headset Today […]

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Amir Frenkel is Now Head of Computer Vision at Oculus

May 5, 2017 SJ Kim

Remember the story of Dov Katz, the former ‘Head of Computer Vision’ at Oculus? If you’re not familiar with the story, Katz was arrested on December 23rd, 2016 on the charges of commercial sexual abuse of a minor after soliciting sex from a posed 15 year old girl which we found on Backpage. When this story […]

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