Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey leaving Facebook

Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey has announced that he is leaving the company just three years after selling it to Facebook for $2 billion. 

Facebook announced the departure Thursday, saying Luckey’s last day at the company would be Friday. 

“Palmer will be dearly missed. Palmer’s legacy extends far beyond Oculus. His inventive spirit helped kickstart the modern VR revolution and helped build an industry. We’re thankful for everything he did for Oculus and VR, and we wish him all the best,” Facebook said in a statement.

The split comes after months of reported tension between Luckey and the company. 

Facebook had distanced itself from the Oculus co-founder after it was revealed that he was secretly funding memes against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton using the pseudonym NimbleRichMan. 

Luckey was absent at Oculus Connect, the company’s annual virtual reality conference in October. He testified in a lawsuit against Oculus in January, which the company later lost.