They have buried the hatchet. Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, and Anduril, a cutting-edge defense technology company founded by Palmer Luckey, announced on Thursday, May 29, a new partnership focused on military technologies related to immersive reality (XR, combining virtual reality and augmented reality).
This is not their first collaboration. Luckey is known for co-founding Oculus, a pioneering virtual reality company specializing in headsets for video games, in the early 2010s. Oculus was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion, which marked the beginning of Zuckerberg’s ambitions in the virtual reality sector.
An early supporter of Donald Trump
Luckey later left Facebook in 2017 and immediately founded Anduril. His departure attracted significant attention, against a backdrop of political tensions within Facebook. A libertarian, Luckey had voiced his support for Donald Trump early on. In 2016, he was accused of backing a group fiercely critical of Hillary Clinton, which reportedly contributed to his ousting.
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