Palmer Luckey
palmerluckey.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2018
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril, writes about VR hardware, defense technology, and his views on the industry.
What HN saysCommenters cite his posts on Oculus Go mods, Magic Leap, and why VR headsets should be cheap, in discussions of VR hardware.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap7 people · 115 points · first shared 2018 · 39 comments on HN
- 2Free Isn’t Cheap Enough – The Blog of Palmer Luckey5 people · 19 points · first shared 2018 · 4 comments on HN
- 3Oculus GoBlack – How to Make Your Oculus Go Better4 people · 145 points · first shared 2018 · 94 comments on HN
- 4I can’t use Rift S, and neither can you.4 people · 5 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 5Turning Soldiers into Superheroes3 people · 8 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 6China made the best drones, now Anduril does2 people · 37 points · first shared 2020 · 34 comments on HN
- 7If you die in the game, you die in real life1 people · 115 points · first shared 2022 · 112 comments on HN
- 810 Years of Oculus1 people · 3 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
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Cactus2018 · 2019-04-19
http://palmerluckey.com/oculus-goblack-how-to-make-your-oculus-go-bett…
> I built myself a custom PC inside one of my favorite mechanical keyboards, a dampened Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional Type 2 S
dmarcos · 2023-06-21
Palmer's article "Free isn't cheap enough" seems relevant:
https://palmerluckey.com/free-isnt-cheap-enough/
Quest headsets are indeed cheap but but perhaps sacrifice too much on the experience quality. People gotta want something before it can get cheap (not my words).
leovander · 2021-09-28
Not sure why he got rid of the picture of it, but he actually put a computer inside his HHKB. I was waiting for him to do a write up.
https://palmerluckey.com/oculus-goblack-how-to-make-your-oculus-go-bet…
You can see that on wayback machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190325121641/http://palmerluckey.com/ocu…
beefman · 2020-09-11
Also see this blog post by Palmer Luckey:
http://palmerluckey.com/america-is-back-on-top-baby/
cosmojg · 2020-05-29
Tragic Heap*
See: https://palmerluckey.com/magic-leap-is-a-tragic-heap/
cynic_ · 2019-04-30
> My biggest issue with Oculus Quest is its weight and fit.
They should move more stuff off the front of the headset, it would help relieve the pressure on the face and make it more balanced.
Like in this mod from Palmer Luckey where he removed the battery and attaches a bigger one to the strap https://palmerluckey.com/oculus-goblack-how-to-make-your-oculus-go-bet…
zenbai · 2019-03-21
No. Palmer Luckey even said so:
https://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-founder-palmer-luckey-price-isnt-whats…
http://palmerluckey.com/free-isnt-cheap-enough/
ipsum2 · 2018-09-04
99% of this article is quoting or rehashing what Palmer said in his blog post here: http://palmerluckey.com/magic-leap-is-a-tragic-heap/ and 1% of explaining that the claimed "fiber-scanning display" was not EL-wire, but some lasers to a DLP.
Just read the original blog post, its more organized and clearer than this rehashed news article.
joezydeco · 2018-08-28
"Magic Leap says they have “built a whole new operating system” called LuminOS to take advantage of their “spatial computing system“. It is actually just Android with custom stuff on top, the same approach most people take when they want to claim they have built a whole operating system... I hope Magic Leap does cool stuff in the future, but the current UI is basically an Android Wear watch menu that floats in front of you."
http://palmerluckey.com/magic-leap-is-a-tragic-heap/
drivebyubnt · 2018-08-28
It was a dig at Palmer Luckey, who wrote a scathing review of the MLP.
https://palmerluckey.com/magic-leap-is-a-tragic-heap/
wsgreen · 2018-08-28
Palmer Luckey's review said it was just a wrapper over Android.
http://palmerluckey.com/magic-leap-is-a-tragic-heap/