Palmer Luckey on The a16z Show
Palmer Luckey on Hardware, Building, and the Next Frontiers of Innovation
Skip this if you heard the January 23 a16z crypto appearance: the major VR, hiring, defense-manufacturing, and Ukraine passages are effectively duplicates. The early Oculus sales story and abundance-based optimism are the least redundant moments, but neither makes the episode essential.
>> I agree. It was not the real thing. I look people people forget that uh I was a hobbyist who started building VR headsets as a 15-year-old and then I got all of you guys to give me a bunch of money to do it. Yeah, >> it's a business. And so, uh, I like I I I knew that threedolf was not going to actually work to build this VR revolution, but it got you guys to give us money and like but like we got from DK1 to DK2 very quickly. And here's the good news. DK1, we sold about 55,000 units, which made it the best selling VR headset in history at the time. Um, by the way, I
Palmer Luckey substantially participates throughout the episode, discussing VR engineering and adoption, Oculus's acquisition by Facebook, Anduril's product and hiring strategy, defense manufacturing, banking, and technological progress. He is especially optimistic about applying existing scientific knowledge at scale, while warning that defense production and regulation remain poorly matched to the demands of modern warfare.