Xa iseti yentloko yokwenyani eyilwe nguPalmer Luckey wabetha iqonga leKickstarter efuna inkxaso mali, ULuckey waba yinyani yokwenyani yeSilicon Valley. Kungekudala emva kokunikezelwa kwayo, uninzi lweenkampani ezazinomdla kule projekthi, iprojekthi eyathi ekugqibeleni yaphelela ezandleni zikaFacebook, into eyathi ekuqaleni ayenza bubabalo kubo bonke abaxhasi ababekhethe le projekthi. Kodwa kubonakala ngathi i-adventure yakhe ku-Facebook iphelile njengoko sinokufunda kwingxelo epapashwe yinethiwekhi yoluntu. Isizathu? Ndicinga ukuba asisoze sazi.
Kwingxelo apho Ukulahlwa kweVR guru ye-Facebook kuye kwabhengezwa Singafunda:
Siza kumkhumbula. Ilifa likaPalmer liya ngaphaya kwe-Oculus. Umoya wakhe wokubuza uncedisiwe kutshintsho lwenyani lwangoku kunye nokunceda ukwakha ishishini elijikelezileyo. Sinombulelo ngayo yonke into oyenzileyo ngokwenyani kunye neOculus. Simnqwenelela okuhle kodwa.
Mhlawumbi esinye sezizathu zesisigqibo inokwenza novavanyo olusandula kulahleka lweOculusItyala apho wagwetywa ukuhlawula i-Zenimax i-500 yezigidi zeedola, kuba wayesebenzisa itekhnoloji eyaphuhliswa yile nkampani, ipropathi enomgangatho wobukrelekrele eyathathwa nguJohn Carmack, owayesakuba ngumsebenzi weZenimax ngaphambi kokujoyina iprojekthi yePalmer Lukey. .
Ngonyaka 2014, I-Facebook yathatha i-Oculus emva kokuhlawula i-2.400 yezigidigidi zeedola, apho kuye kwafuneka ongeze yonke imali ayityalileyo ukusukela ngoko ukongeza kwi-500 yezigidi ekuye kwafuneka ukuba ahlawule, oko kubangele iindleko zeprojekthi, ethi ekugqibeleni ingaphumeleli njengoko inkampani ibinokuphumelela ndiyithandile, kuba iiHTC Vives, ukhuphiswano ngqo luka-Oculus, zithengisa ngokuphindwe kabini kunoko.