Palmer Luckey

Palmer Luckey, the virtual-reality prodigy who sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014, says that payday granted him entry to an ultra-exclusive group chat called the "B Boys Club." What Happened: The only password to the group chat is a unicorn-level exit: founders must have sold a company...

Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, has voiced strong criticism against the reaction to DeepSeek, labeling it as an overreaction. What Happened: On Tuesday, Luckey took to X, formerly Twitter, and described the hysteria surrounding DeepSeek, a China-based AI startup, as an...

Palmer Luckey, founder of U.S. defense technology startup Anduril Industries, has voiced his support for President-elect Donald Trump’s defense strategy. What Happened: On Thursday, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, Luckey discussed the 2024 U.S. presidential election results and his ...

Prominent figures in the tech industry, including Marc Andreessen and Palmer Luckey, have leveled accusations of deliberate censorship against Alphabet Inc.’s Google-owned YouTube. What Happened: Last week, a social media handle in a post on X, formerly Twitter, accused YouTube of suppressing...

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms, Inc. appear to be putting their troubled past behind them. This reconciliation could herald a new era of innovation in the virtual reality space. From Acquisition To Acrimony The story began in 2014 when Facebook acquired Luckey...

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, is working on a new headset that’s designed to meet military specifications but will also cater to non-military applications. What Happened: Luckey disclosed his latest project during a presentation at the Augmented World Expo...

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, has made a comeback to the gaming industry with a new product – a pixel-perfect ultrabright magnesium gaming device, which is a modern take on the classic Game Boy, retailing at $199. What Happened: Luckey’s latest venture,...

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, has hinted at a significant hardware announcement, sparking widespread anticipation and speculation. What Happened: On Sunday, Luckey took to X, formerly Twitter, to tease an upcoming hardware announcement. “I am going to be ...

Anduril Industries and Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey accused Meta Platforms Inc.'s CTO Andrew Bosworth of lying and spreading false information about him. What Happened: Luckey has publicly accused Bosworth of spreading false information about him. He has called out Bosworth for reposting claims...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Thursday had both recommendations and jokes for Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey on the capabilities of its Fury, an autonomous air vehicle. What Happened: Anduril, a defense technology company, acquired autonomous aircraft developer Blue Force...

Palmer Luckey, the founder of virtual reality company Oculus, claims to have created a new headset that can kill a person in real life if they die in a game. What Happened: In what sounds like a trope used in many sci-movies, including Keanu Reeves starrer “The Matrix,” Luckey...

Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ: META) ex-employee and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has compared Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse to a "project car."  What Happened: On Monday, during The Wall Street Journal conference Tech Live, Luckey made some explosive remarks about Horizon...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)-owned Oculus Rift pre-orders begin this Wednesday. It looks like virtual reality (VR) is well on its way to become a reality in 2016. Shares of Facebook were down -1.47 percent in last Thursday's trading session. "We're excited to announce that pre-orders for #Rift will...