By Jon Porter
The founder of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, has defended his approach to public relations, saying that he will continue to publicly speak his mind even if he later has to change course, or it risks people taking his words out of context.
The comments come in response to a long list (12 at the time of writing) of charges levelled at him by Reddit user ‘randomawesome’. Amongst the charges are the allegations that Luckey intentionally mislead consumers over the eventual price of the Oculus Rift headset, that he lied about scaling up production to meet demand and that he mislead customers over what pre-ordering the Rift would get them.
Palmer Luckey responded to the charges generally, saying that they were a mix of quotes taken out of context, as well as instances where a changing situation meant that he was justified in changing his approach.
Other allegations, such as one in which Luckey said the Rift would not use Fresnel lenses, he pointed out were untrue (the Oculus Rift uses hybrid optics).
Luckey refused to apologise for his attitude towards public relations. “Does shit change sometimes? Of course it does. Does that mean I am going to stop speaking my …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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