ashecitism
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These are from last week.
http://uploadvr.com/palmers-new-role-soon/
http://uploadvr.com/brendan-iribe-ceo-oculus-vr/
http://uploadvr.com/palmers-new-role-soon/
As we digest the news today that Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe is stepping down from his role as CEO of the company and moving to head up the PC VR team, we asked Oculus whether Palmer Luckey would be staying with Facebook and Oculus through the transition.
Palmer is still at Oculus and well have more to share on his new role soon, is our answer from an Oculus spokesperson.
http://uploadvr.com/brendan-iribe-ceo-oculus-vr/
Iribe is stepping down as CEO in a move that will result in the pioneering VR company splitting its mobile-based and PC-based VR divisions more cleanly. Iribe will lead the PC side, while Jon Thomason, who was formerly VP of Engineering at Qualcomm for five years and then VP of Mobile Shipping at Amazon before joining Oculus as Head of Software in August of this year, will head up the mobile division. Iribe and Thomason, along with Mike Schroepfer, CTO of Facebook, will reportedly all work together to find a new leader for Oculus VR moving forward.
Weve decided to establish new PC and mobile VR groups to be more focused, strengthen development and accelerate our roadmap.
Looking ahead and thinking about where Im most passionate, Ive decided to lead the PC VR grouppushing the state of VR forward with Rift, research and computer vision. As weve grown, I really missed the deep, day-to-day involvement in building a brand new product on the leading edge of technology.
You do your best work when you love what youre working on. If thats not the case, you need to make a change. With this new role, I can dive back into engineering and product development. Thats what gets me up every day, inspired to run to work.
After publication, Oculus PR also informed us of how this affects the roles of Nate Mitchell, VP of Product, and Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist, upon further inquiry: Nate will be leading Rift, on Brendans PC VR team. Michael Abrash still leads Oculus Research on Brendans team.
When asked about John Carmack, CTO, and Michael Antonov, Chief Software Architect, Oculus PR informed us that, they are both still at Oculus and they work on the mobile team. Michael Antonov is leading the Carmel and ReactVR effort today.