2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOculus founder Palmer Luckey's role in Clinton smear group remains murky
" The man who's become the face of virtual reality is apologizing -- but not for his decision to fund a Hillary Clinton smear organization.
On Thursday, The Daily Beast reported that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, 24, was the mysterious "NimbleRichMan" funneling money to a pro-Trump organization called Nimble America. The Beast's source: Palmer Luckey himself. "I thought it sounded like a real jolly good time," Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014, told the online news site."
https://www.cnet.com/news/oculus-facebook-palmer-luckey-admits-nimble-america/
flamingdem
(39,793 posts)Hope they take note..
still_one
(94,850 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Palmer Luckeyfounder of Oculusis funding a Trump group that circulates dirty memes about Hillary Clinton.
GIDEON RESNICK BEN COLLINS 09.22.16 8:00 PM ET
A Silicon Valley titan is putting money behind an unofficial Donald Trump group dedicated to shitposting and circulating internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton.
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey financially backed a pro-Trump political organization called Nimble America, a self-described social welfare 501(c)4 non-profit in support of the Republican nominee.
Luckey sold his virtual reality company Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014, and Forbes estimates his current net worth to be $700 million. The 24-year-old told The Daily Beast that he had used the pseudonym NimbleRichMan on Reddit with a password given to him by the organizations founders.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/22/palmer-luckey-the-facebook-billionaire-secretly-funding-trump-s-meme-machine.html
still_one
(94,850 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)It will be a cold day in Hell before I ever drop a dime on an Oculus Rift or any other product put out by this rich bastard Palmer Luckey!
still_one
(94,850 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The Rift can go to hell IMO after seeing this info about its alt-right loving creator!
He is getting some much deserved blowback over this too, just posted a story about it.
still_one
(94,850 posts)what Sony, Microsoft, Google, or even Apple will do. By that I mean will the develop their own or align with an existing platform
I feel the same way now about Oculist, since this came out. Samsung has aligned themselves with them, so maybe they will catch fire
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The Rift and Samsung Gear VR!
This is BS!