Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's role in Clinton smear group remains murky

[still_one]

" 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]

1. Oh dear he's the darling of millenial VRsters

Hope they take note..

[still_one]

3. He sure is, and they are a big player in the VR market

[workinclasszero]

2. Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine

Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine
Palmer Luckey—founder of Oculus—is 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 organization’s founders.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/22/palmer-luckey-the-facebook-billionaire-secretly-funding-trump-s-meme-machine.html

[still_one]

4. Thanks, appreciate the details. Another "libertarian" gem

[workinclasszero]

7. Right

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]

8. There is competition, but they are a big player

[workinclasszero]

9. The Vive and Oculist Rift are the big PC players

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]

10. HTC has an impressive package, but it is still early in the game. Not sure about

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]

11. Right so Palmer has his alt-right hooks into

The Rift and Samsung Gear VR!

This is BS!

[phallon]

5. Bro Mysogony is the new Libitarian/Conservative Republican

[still_one]

6. Very appropriate characterization

[rockfordfile]

12. Another un-American coward republican