Palmer Luckey: Meta Isn't Abandoning VR, Studio Closures "A Good Thing"

kept by eddie jan 20

Palmer Luckey argues Meta's VR studio closures benefit the industry by reducing first-party competition with third-party developers.

The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Founder - The New York Times
Palmer Luckey, founder of defense startup Anduril, is the Pentagon's favored tech figure as the Trump administration modernizes the military with autonomous weapons.
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Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth Is Transforming How Meta Works - WSJ
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth is driving a workforce transformation by requiring employees to submit keystroke data for AI training and pushing costly initiatives like the metaverse.
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Technological Involution
Technological progress has stagnated as society lost its ability to imagine novel frontiers and founders now chase institutionalized narratives rather than deep personal conviction in technology.
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My Prodigal Brainchild - by Neal Stephenson - Graphomane
Neal Stephenson argues that the headset-based Metaverse concept is dead, while successful 3D social worlds like Fortnite thrive on flat screens without goggles.
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