Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is returning to XR with a brand new headset, although it is primarily designed for army use.
We have identified for a number of weeks that Luckey deliberate to disclose a brand new headset throughout AWE 2024. Introduced throughout a panel with Bigscreen Past creator Darshan Shankar, Palmer Luckey confirmed the at the moment unnamed XR headset is being “pushed by army necessities, however it’s additionally going for use for non-military stuff.”
For the unaware, Luckey went on to co-found protection firm Anduril Industries after he was fired by Fb (now Meta), having offered Oculus to it for over $2 billion in 2014. Given this current army focus, it is due to this fact cheap to imagine this upcoming headset is designed for potential Anduril purchasers, and a wider client launch appears unlikely.
Not a lot else is at the moment identified. No {hardware} specs, photos, or any particulars in regards to the XR ecosystem getting used had been revealed throughout this panel, and there is no indication that Luckey is collaborating with Shankar. Luckey confirmed he is asserting it early as a result of conserving it secret decreases potential alternatives to seek out suppliers and collaborators.
