SoylentNews

Palmer Luckey Donates to CrossVR Patreon

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 03 2017, @08:24PM   
from the their-lucky-day dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.pcgamer.com/oculus-rift-creator-palmer-luckey-kicks-in-2000-to-crossvr-patreon/

Here's an unexpected twist: Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR and the creator of the Oculus Rift, recently pledged $2000 per month to the Patreon for the CrossVR project that's developing Revive—the software that enables the use of Oculus-exclusive software of the HTC Vive headset.

[...] Luckey's support of the project could be seen as an amusing finger in the face of the company he founded but left (under under[sic] less-than-ideal circumstances) earlier this year, but as UploadVR reported in February, Oculus head of content Jason Rubin said at the 2017 DICE Summit that Oculus was not doing anything to stop Revive-type hacks from working, and was actually taking steps to enable them to run more effectively.

---

Original Submission

• Re:May be or may be notRe:May be or may be not (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @10:45AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @10:45AM (#537073)

  Yes, that is what he says. A lie. You have your link right above in the comment you reply to. Can't you even notice that?

  You can check it yourself since that is the list of all the CastAR backers that paid their pledge.

  Mr. Luckey is not listed there and never paid the $10,000 pledge he made to CastAR.
  Also you may view Palmer Luckey's profile here [kickstarter.com] and see that castAR is not listed either.
  It's a short list of just 18 projects he backed so even you won't have excuse to get lost there.

  And all his whining about he never got the pledge level he paid for. Well, he never paid anything, what can you expect?

  When called on the evidence Mr. Luckey even tried to excuse himself saying that he rather would send a check to Jeri, which of course she never got.

  Creator Technical Illusions on May 24 [kickstarter.com] In regards to Palmer Luckey’s backing of the castAR Hand Built Prototypes: As with the policies established by Kickstarter, a backer has 7 days after the conclusion of the campaign to get the payment charged for your pledge amount. Failure to do so will result in the backer being dropped from the campaign and their account being permanently disabled. Palmer was ultimately not able to complete this transaction within the allotted time. As there was never any money exchanged, we are not obligated to supply the pledge level to him. You may view Palmer Luckey’s profile here and see that castAR is not listed as a project he financially backed: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/437285118 [kickstarter.com]

  And they later confirmed it in a live webcast. He never paid.

  Parent

  Starting Score:	0		points
  Moderation		+1
  Informative=1, Total=1
  Extra 'Informative' Modifier		0
  Total Score:		1

• Re:May be or may be not(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @12:15PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @12:15PM (#540266)

  It's a short list of just 18 projects he backed

  Stingy billionaire he is

  Parent