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I am a technology enthusiast, writer, and modder. Founder of @ModRetro, @Oculus VR, and @Anduriltech. Keeping American superheroes safe with autonomous systems.
Dec 1, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Introducing:

Roadrunner, a compact VTOL drone powered by twin thrust-vectored turbojet engines with extraordinary speed, range, and payload capacity.

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Roadrunner-M, a radical new low-cost weapon that allows for unprecedented tactics against powerful threats. Roadrunner is a modular aircraft with payloads that can execute a wide variety of missions. Firefighting, search and rescue, organ delivery, anything where you need a drone that launches in seconds and moves an order of magnitude faster than the next best option. Image
Jun 24, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
"I don't regret exactly what I said."

You will.

"I think what I said was fair."

No. I accepted an invitation to speak at All-In because I wanted to get some truth on the record. After years of lies, personal attacks, and celebrating my firing, Jason Calacanis kept telling people I refused to be on his podcast because of something he said about Oculus. No.
Jun 6, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
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The Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post correction scandal isn't the isolated incident apologists claim. When I was fired, her story said I had announced I was leaving Oculus. This was false - it wasn't my choice nor my announcement. Her only source: Facebook PR. WaPo later published a story claiming I hid political contributions using shell companies and refused to comment. This was also false - it was a single donation from a regular company, and they didn't reach out to me until 5:54 AM, seven minutes before print. When

Oct 25, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
I recently spent two weeks in federal court successfully defending myself from someone who tried to turn my willingness to help out a fellow (pre-Oculus) VR forum member into a billion-dollar payday. You don't know this because nobody is reporting on the unanimous jury verdict. For 99.99% of even hardcore VR industry followers, this never happened. Hundreds of stories were written when the lawsuit was filed, dozens more covered minutia of the case as it progressed. The verdict got a single paywalled legal newswire entry.