{"id":338837,"date":"2017-04-20T13:29:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T05:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1479142"},"modified":"2017-04-20T13:29:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T05:29:36","slug":"oculus-co-founder-palmer-luckey-donated-100000-to-trumps-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/oculus-co-founder-palmer-luckey-donated-100000-to-trumps-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey donated $100,000 to Trump\u2019s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-542498534.jpg?w=738\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Oculus Rift co-founder Palmer Luckey didn\u2019t just support Donald Trump by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/09\/24\/shitpost-your-idols\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backing Nimble America<\/a> , an organization that made anti-Hillary Clinton \u201cshitposts.\u201d He also donated $100,000 to Trump\u2019s inauguration committee under a shell company named after an element in his favorite Super Nintendo game, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/m.motherjones.com\/politics\/2017\/04\/virtual-reality-palmer-luckey-trump-inauguration\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports Mother Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mother Jones found that a limited liability company called Wings of Time with a Los Angeles address <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/3673482-2017-Presidential-Inauguration-Committee-Donor.html#document\/p273\/a349310\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made a $100,000 donation on January 4<\/a>. Another address for Wings of Time <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/businesssearch.sos.ca.gov\/CBS\/Detail\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in California business records<\/a>, 6301 E Seaside Walk in Long Beach, matches one <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/modretro.com.seobrother.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">used by Luckey for other projects<\/a>, including companies called Luckey Arms LLC and Fiendlord\u2019s Keep.<\/p>\n<p>Wings of Time and Fiendlord\u2019s Keep are both names of elements in Chrono Trigger, which Luckey <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidewalt\/2015\/01\/05\/palmer-luckey-oculus-rift-vr\/#249bc4b9249b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has said was one of his favorite SNES games as a teenager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oculus Rift was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/jul\/22\/facebook-oculus-rift-acquisition-virtual-reality\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sold to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion<\/a>. Luckey <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/03\/30\/palmer-luckey-facebook\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left Facebook in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Thiel, the tech investor who was named to Trump\u2019s transition team, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/news\/2017\/04\/250-donors-shelled-out-100k-or-more-for-trumps-inauguration\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also donated $100,000<\/a>, while big tech firms, including Microsoft, Google, AT&#038;T, Intel, Amazon, Verizon and Qualcomm, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/heres-how-much-tech-companies-gave-to-the-trump-inaugur-1794455353\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gave various amounts<\/a>. Companies often donate money for the inaugurations of incoming presidents from both sides of the political aisle, but in this case the contributions were notable because of Trump\u2019s conflicts with the tech industry, especially <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/tech-giants-trump-inauguration-234776\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over immigration issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve emailed Oculus Rift and Luckey for comment.<\/p>\n<p><small>Featured Image: Sportsfile\/Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-542498534.jpg?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-542498534.jpg?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-542498534.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-542498534.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-542498534.jpg?w=768 768w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/gettyimages-542498534.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;Oculus Rift co-founder Palmer Luckey didn&#8217;t just support Donald Trump by backing an organization called Nimble America that made anti-Hillary Clinton &#8220;shitposts.&#8221; He also donated $100,000 to Trump&#8217;s inauguration committee under a shell company named after an element in his favorite Super Nintendo game, reports Mother Jones. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/04\/19\/oculus-co-founder-palmer-luckey-donated-100000-to-trumps-inauguration\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=md51RepEuU8:ndhSUd0AXds:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/md51RepEuU8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-338837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}