Augmented World Expo (archive) » Palmer Luckey http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com The world's largest augmented reality and wearables show Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:47:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 Oculus VR http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/organizations/oculus-vr/ http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/organizations/oculus-vr/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:12:01 +0000 http://augmentedworldexpo.com/?p=1002713 Oculus VR™ was founded by Palmer Luckey, self-described virtual reality enthusiast and hardware geek. The company launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund development of their first product, the Oculus Rift, a ground-breaking virtual reality headset for immersive gaming. With the support of top video game companies including Valve, Epic Games and Unity, the Kickstarter was an enormous success, raising over $2.4 million in funding from project backers and supporters around the world.

The team is currently developing the Oculus Rift in an effort to revolutionize the way people experience interactive content.

]]> http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/organizations/oculus-vr/feed/ 0 Palmer Luckey http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/people/palmer-luckey/ http://archive.augmentedworldexpo.com/people/palmer-luckey/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:09:37 +0000 http://augmentedworldexpo.com/?p=1002709 Palmer is the original founder and designer of the Oculus Rift. Before starting Oculus VR™, Palmer worked as an engineer at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) in the Mixed Reality lab, where he contributed to research and development of virtual reality systems and head-mounted displays. Palmer is also known for having the world’s largest collection of VR headsets and founding the ModRetro Forums.

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