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Oculus boss Palmer Luckey has argued back against those who believe that platform exclusive VR games are damaging. You see Sony investing in their content the same way,” Luckey told TechCrunch. They want to make things that take advantage of their features that they have in the best way possible. …
Read More »‘OS X support for Oculus Rift is up to Apple,’ says Palmer Luckey
CEO of VR firm criticises lack of focus on gaming capability: ‘You can buy a $6,000 Mac and it still doesn't match our recommended specs’
Read More »Oculus’ Palmer Luckey to be sued for breach of contract
VR firm's founder accused of using information gained at Total Recall Technologies to accelerate development of Rift headset
Read More »Judge gives go ahead of Palmer Luckey breach of contract claim
The founder of Oculus Rift looks likely to end up in court over allegations that he used knowledge and technologies learned from a previous role in setting up his virtual reality empire. Reuters reports that US District Judge William Alsup has ruled that a breach of contract claim levelled against …
Read More »Luckey: Nintendo Virtual Boy hurt VR
The boss of virtual reality specialist Oculus has said that Nintendo’s failed Virtual Boy platform was harmful to the whole virtual reality movement. In a second Reddit AMA, Palmer Luckey rightly points out that the Virtual Boy was not really a virtual reality device in any sense of the word. …
Read More »Luckey: ‘Oculus Rift is obscenely cheap for what it is’
While the internet continues to debate the hefty 500/$600 price tag handed to Oculus Rift, Palmer Luckey has argued that it represents extremely good value. Not only that, but the pricing means that Facebook itself won’t be making a return on the device. To reiterate, we are not making money …
Read More »More than 100 games coming to Oculus Rift this year, says Luckey
Over 100 titles will be coming to the Oculus Rift headset this year. That’s according to Oculus boss Palmer Luckey, who said in a Reddit AMA yesterday that ‘at least 100′ games are to be released for the headset this year. Luckey told Reddit users that over 20 of these …
Read More »Oculus boss Luckey apologises for Rift pricing confusion
Just hours after it was revealed that the Oculus Rift would be setting back consumers 499 (or $599), the company’s founder Palmer Luckey took to Reddit for a Q&A. During the AMA (Ask Me Anything), Luckey was asked by one user why the messaging around the Rift’s price tag was …
Read More »Oculus Rift is going to cost more than $350
It looks as if the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is going to end up costing more than estimates have predicted. A year ago the company predicted an RRP of between $200-$400. Last month that forecast had been revised to at least $300”. Now Oculus boss Palmer Luckey has told …
Read More »VR is currently ‘pretty expensive, relatively primitive’, admits Oculus Rift creator
VR might not be for everyone just yet, but you’d be a luddite to count the nascent technology out for good. That’s according to the 22-year-old creator of the Oculus Rift, Palmer Luckey, who recently candidly told GameSpot that those yet to be won over by headsets such as the …
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