Palmer Luckey is as close as it gets to a real-life Iron Man. As a teenager, he worked on virtual reality headsets until he eventually created the Oculus Rift, the most groundbreaking VR headset ever assembled. After single-handedly shaping the field of virtual reality, and selling Oculus to Facebook, he founded Anduril, one of the fastest-growing defense companies in America today.
While some American tech companies refuse to work with the U.S. military, Anduril is unabashed in its efforts to develop and deploy artificial intelligence, drone technology, and other advanced systems to defend America and its allies. In this conversation, Palmer discusses Anduril’s latest game-changing technologies, innovative ideas that can change the world, his favorite sci-fi novel - and the Fermi paradox! [Joe's venture capital firm 8VC is an investor in Anduril.]
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00:00 Episode Intro
00:30 How Palmer Invented Modern VR
07:09 War Stories From Building Oculus
16:00 What SciFi Tech Is Coming Next?
26:30 Building Anduril & Why Many Other Tech Companies Won't Work with Pentagon
41:24 Reasons for Optimism: Better Tech, Less War?
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