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Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Working on New Headset 'Driven by Military Requirements'
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 63831" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Oculus founder <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/stars/palmer-luckey" target="_blank">Palmer Luckey</a> has announced he is working on a new head-mounted display (HMD) for both military and non-military use.</p><p></p><p></p><p>During <a href="https://youtu.be/Q97dRg8jijQ?si=5QjDs4huPPlaFCFB&t=1432" target="_blank">a fireside chat at the 2024 Augmented World Expo</a> (AWE), Luckey was upfront that the headset would be "driven" by military requirements but have the versatility to do non-military stuff.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"...I'm actually building a new headset right now," Luckey explained during the panel. "It's driven by military requirements, but it's also going to be used for non-military stuff. And it's really cool, it's really something."</p><p></p><p>Luckey <a href="https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1797697304167944233" target="_blank">teased earlier this month</a> that he was working on a new HMD and would formally announce the device at AWE. However, the extent to which the headset would be used in a non-military capacity was not further elaborated on.</p><p></p><p>Luckey is well-known in the virtual reality industry for releasing the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/31/oculus-rift-review" target="_blank">Oculus Rift virtual reality headset</a>. Luckey founded Oculus in 2012; roughly two years later the company was <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/25/facebook-to-acquire-oculus-vr-for-2-billion" target="_blank">acquired by Meta (then known as Facebook) for $2 billion</a>. In 2017, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03/30/oculus-co-founder-palmer-luckey-leaves-facebook" target="_blank">Luckey left Facebook</a>. Neither party explained Luckey's departure, but it came amid controversial political donations <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/23/oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-allegedly-donated-funds-to-pro-trump-support-group" target="_blank">during the 2016 U.S. presidential election</a>.</p><p></p><p>Following his departure from Facebook, Luckey co-founded Anduril Industries, a military defense technology company. Luckey recently dipped his toes back into the consumer hardware space, as earlier this month he revealed the <a href="https://modretro.com/blogs/blog/the-future-is-retro" target="_blank">ModRetro Chromatic</a>, a $199 handheld shaped like a GameBoy featuring a backlit display and the ability to play Game Boy, and Game Boy color cartridges. Like its competitor, the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/analogue-pocket-review" target="_blank">Analogue Pocket</a>, the ModRetro Chromatic supports FPGA-based emulation.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter </em><a href="https://twitter.com/TayNixster" target="_blank"><em>@TayNixster.</em></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-working-on-new-headset-driven-by-military-requirements" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 63831, member: 1"] Oculus founder [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/stars/palmer-luckey']Palmer Luckey[/URL] has announced he is working on a new head-mounted display (HMD) for both military and non-military use. During [URL='https://youtu.be/Q97dRg8jijQ?si=5QjDs4huPPlaFCFB&t=1432']a fireside chat at the 2024 Augmented World Expo[/URL] (AWE), Luckey was upfront that the headset would be "driven" by military requirements but have the versatility to do non-military stuff. "...I'm actually building a new headset right now," Luckey explained during the panel. "It's driven by military requirements, but it's also going to be used for non-military stuff. And it's really cool, it's really something." Luckey [URL='https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1797697304167944233']teased earlier this month[/URL] that he was working on a new HMD and would formally announce the device at AWE. However, the extent to which the headset would be used in a non-military capacity was not further elaborated on. Luckey is well-known in the virtual reality industry for releasing the [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/31/oculus-rift-review']Oculus Rift virtual reality headset[/URL]. Luckey founded Oculus in 2012; roughly two years later the company was [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/25/facebook-to-acquire-oculus-vr-for-2-billion']acquired by Meta (then known as Facebook) for $2 billion[/URL]. In 2017, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03/30/oculus-co-founder-palmer-luckey-leaves-facebook']Luckey left Facebook[/URL]. Neither party explained Luckey's departure, but it came amid controversial political donations [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/23/oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-allegedly-donated-funds-to-pro-trump-support-group']during the 2016 U.S. presidential election[/URL]. Following his departure from Facebook, Luckey co-founded Anduril Industries, a military defense technology company. Luckey recently dipped his toes back into the consumer hardware space, as earlier this month he revealed the [URL='https://modretro.com/blogs/blog/the-future-is-retro']ModRetro Chromatic[/URL], a $199 handheld shaped like a GameBoy featuring a backlit display and the ability to play Game Boy, and Game Boy color cartridges. Like its competitor, the [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/analogue-pocket-review']Analogue Pocket[/URL], the ModRetro Chromatic supports FPGA-based emulation. [I]Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter [/I][URL='https://twitter.com/TayNixster'][I]@TayNixster.[/I][/URL] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-working-on-new-headset-driven-by-military-requirements"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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