Oculus

includes Oculus Quest 2, Oculus Quest II, Oculus Rift

4 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 4, 2023 by Palmer Luckey · said 20 times in 6 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Apr 4, 2023 neutral
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Luckey: Oculus sold 55,000 DK1s and over 150,000 DK2s
“It's not like Oculus where we sold 55,000 developer kits of DK one and over a 150,000 DK two development kits.”
Palmer Luckey Apr 4, 2023 ▶ 24:26 Palmer Luckey - Future of Virtual Reality, AI War, Autonomous Killing Machines, Militarized Policing
Apr 4, 2023 negative
What-if
Luckey: Microsoft, Apple, or Google would have ruined or canceled Oculus
“VR wasn't on their roadmap, certainly not their ten-year or, you know, long-term roadmap. It was just an interesting thing going on. So even if they would have bought us, it would have been to, you know, use us as a gimmick to sell game consoles, or as an inte…”
Palmer Luckey Apr 4, 2023 ▶ 26:30 Palmer Luckey - Future of Virtual Reality, AI War, Autonomous Killing Machines, Militarized Policing
Apr 4, 2023 negative
What-if
Luckey: Oculus would have failed without an initial gaming focus
“If we had started out saying, hey, you know, this is the headset that changes everything for everyone all the time Everywhere. I don't think we would have gotten very far.”
Palmer Luckey Apr 4, 2023 ▶ 16:26 Palmer Luckey - Future of Virtual Reality, AI War, Autonomous Killing Machines, Militarized Policing
Jun 11, 2026
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Himel: Meta began Orion AR development immediately following the Oculus acquisition
“At the time when we acquired Oculus, part of the rationale was there was a research division led by Michael Abrash that was looking at augmented reality technologies. Augmented reality translates into glasses and wearables. And right out of the gate, we starte…”
Alex Himel Jun 11, 2026 ▶ 41:11 Meta' Secret Plan To Kill The Smartphone — With Alex Himel
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