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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey confirmed yesterday that he donated money to a virtual reality project focused on letting the HTC Vive headset play games exclusive to the Oculus Rift. The project, called CrossVR, is currently live on crowdfunding site Patreon with a note thanking Luckey for his contribution.

Although the note now confirms the $2,000 pledge (it apparently did not originally contain the exact figure), Waypoint confirmed the donation with Luckey himself. There is a slight discrepancy in the numbers: the project has only $2,005 per month from 64 backers. That suggests Luckey’s donation was a one-time thing, perhaps occurring outside Patreon.

Regardless, the donation is a strange move for a number of reasons. Luckey is no...

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