Article 1W55F VR developers turn against Oculus Rift over founder’s pro-Trump support

VR developers turn against Oculus Rift over founder’s pro-Trump support

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Samuel Gibbs
from Technology | The Guardian on (#1W55F)

Financial backing of pro-Trump trolls causes rift with VR games developers as Palmer Luckey attempts to backtrack

Developers of virtual reality games are pulling their support for Oculus after the involvement of its co-founder Palmer Luckey in a pro-Trump and anti-Clinton group was revealed.

Luckey, who works at Facebook after it bought the VR company, revealed himself to be the secret financial backer behind the Nimble America group which is dedicated to turning the tide of the US election through "meme magic" and "shitposting" - creating images, gifs and other propaganda with pro-Trump captions.

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