Oculus co-founder quits Facebook
 

May not be seeing eye to eye with his masters

Brendan Iribe, the co-founder and former CEO of Oculus, announced he has quit Facebook after some internal company shake-ups.

The dark satanic rumour mill claims that the last straw was the cancellation of the company’s next generation “Rift 2” PC-powered virtual reality headset.

The situation highlighted how Iribe and Facebook had fundamentally different views on the future of Oculus and Iribe wasn’t interested in a “race to the bottom” in terms of performance.

Iribe announced his departure in a Facebook post today: “So much has happened since the day we founded Oculus in July 2012. I never could have imagined how much we would accomplish and how far we would come. And now, after six incredible years, I am moving on. I’m deeply proud and grateful for all that we’ve done together. We assembled one of the greatest research and engineering teams in history, delivered the first step of true virtual presence with Oculus Rift and Touch, and inspired an entirely new industry. We started a revolution that will change the world in ways we can’t even envision."

Iribe added that the journey has just begun and every part of VR and AR needs to improve, especially the hardware and core technology.

“While we are still far from delivering the magical smart glasses we all dream about, now they are nearly within our reach.”

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