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03-31-2017, 05:56 AM
Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey out at Facebook
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Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey is leaving Facebook.
The company confirmed his departure in a statement, saying the 24-year-old Oculus creator "will be dearly missed."*
SEE ALSO: Oculus Rift promised us the future of VR. Here's what really happened. (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/oculus-rift-one-year-later/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
“Palmer will be dearly missed. Palmer’s legacy extends far beyond Oculus. His inventive spirit helped kickstart the modern VR revolution and helped build an industry. We’re thankful for everything he did for Oculus and VR, and we wish him all the best.”
Luckey previously came under fire for his controversial political opinions (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/palmer-luckey-trump-oculus-statement/) after the Daily Beast reported he had helped fund (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/palmer-luckey-trump-supporter-memes/) a pro-Donald Trump group called Nimble America. Luckey denied his involvement and Facebook and Oculus had defended him. Still, the controversy caused a backlash resulting in several developers pledging to stop creating games for Oculus. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/30/palmer-luckey-leaving-facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey is leaving Facebook.
The company confirmed his departure in a statement, saying the 24-year-old Oculus creator "will be dearly missed."*
SEE ALSO: Oculus Rift promised us the future of VR. Here's what really happened. (http://mashable.com/2017/03/29/oculus-rift-one-year-later/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
“Palmer will be dearly missed. Palmer’s legacy extends far beyond Oculus. His inventive spirit helped kickstart the modern VR revolution and helped build an industry. We’re thankful for everything he did for Oculus and VR, and we wish him all the best.”
Luckey previously came under fire for his controversial political opinions (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/palmer-luckey-trump-oculus-statement/) after the Daily Beast reported he had helped fund (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/palmer-luckey-trump-supporter-memes/) a pro-Donald Trump group called Nimble America. Luckey denied his involvement and Facebook and Oculus had defended him. Still, the controversy caused a backlash resulting in several developers pledging to stop creating games for Oculus. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/30/palmer-luckey-leaving-facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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