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engineer, co-founder, former ceo of @oculus

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Brendan Iribe
8 years
The first Oculus Rift has shipped, deliveries begin Monday 3.28.2016.
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What a decade! 10 years ago today, we saw the Rift prototype for the first time. Within a month we co-founded and kickstarted Oculus, setting off a chain reaction that would lead to mass market VR and a world full of new possibilities!
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Excitement and innovation around VR feels like the early days of PCs & 3D, but with even bigger potential. It's really just the beginning!
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6 years
What a ride! We made science fiction into reality and inspired a new industry in the process. Oculus was only possible because of such an extraordinary team and community. Thank you! Now, six years after we launched Oculus and Rift, I'm moving on to the next chapter!
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First set of Rifts are going out slower than we orig estimated, so we're giving free shipping for all pre-orders, including international.
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8 years
Oculus Touch is shipping, deliveries begin Tue Dec 6! With over 50 new games at launch, the magic of hand presence in VR changes everything.
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8 years
POTUS VR.
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9 years
Incredible to see virtual reality make the cover of TIME! Historic. And it's just beginning. http://t.co/SNJkXRo2lJ http://t.co/bypsWdTdof
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Insanely proud of Oculus Quest - Delivering the magic of Rift in an all-in-one VR device at $399 without wires, PCs or phones. This is great VR for everyone!
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8 years
New VR optimized forward renderer for UE4 is on github to help all devs build even better VR
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8 years
Congratulations John @ID_AA_Carmack , honored with a Fellowship, BAFTA's highest achievement.
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5 years
Had a great time visiting Alban and the @Sketchfab team today. Their platform makes it easy to publish and find 3D content, and will play an important role in the future of VR and AR.
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10 years
Happy anniversary @PalmerLuckey , @natemitchell & Michael Antonov - 2 years ago today we saw Rift for the first time! http://t.co/sxGrfPj3jS
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8 years
Palmer delivers the first Rift pre-order to Ross in Alaska.
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6 years
New Asynchronous Spacewarp 2.0 will help VR run better on Rift across all hardware. Using PTW and depth from the app, it addresses the motion estimation artifacts of ASW around rapid brightness changes, rapid head movement with repeating patterns and contradictory movement.
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8 years
Oculus Rift is now shipping in 2-4 days. Apologies for initial delay. We're fully caught up & ramping production. Touch ships in volume Q4.
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8 years
Rift pre-orders go live Jan 6th at 8am PT!
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8 years
Rift launch's with 30 incredible VR games – all available March 28 with more coming soon.
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8 years
Henry won an Emmy, a first for VR and a great step toward the future!
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I'm excited to welcome our new COO Hans Hartmann! He brings decades of hardware, manufacturing and supply chain experience to Oculus.
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9 years
It's hard to build markets alone. Competition fuels innovation and growth. VR just gained a lot of momentum, which is great for everyone.
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New Gear VR ships today with better comfort, clarity, lighter feel, micro & USB-C, and 300+ apps on Oculus Store.
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8 years
All US pre-orders for Galaxy S7 come with Gear VR + $50 in content from Oculus!
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6 years
Ready Player One is nonstop virtual fun! Enjoyed a special opening night with Palmer and Nate. Thank you @erniecline @dan_farah
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Thrilled to announce that Lucky’s Tale will be bundled with Rift! One of my absolute favorite VR games
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7 years
Oculus Dash unlocks access to your Windows desktop and Win32 and UWP applications as floating panels in VR. Think Minority Report, but in Rift... Available now!
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7 years
Special Rift + Touch bundle at $399. Step into Rift. @oculus
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8 years
WebVR's time has finally come. Over 25 years in the making.
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Third Time’s the Charm
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7 years
Robo Recall launches for free today. Rift + Touch is $598, roomscale sensor is $59. No better time to get into VR.
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6 years
Hybrid Apps in VR transform 2D apps into immersive 3D workflows. The next step toward reimagining the PC desktop in virtual reality on Rift.
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If you were watching @Oculus Connect 5, you may have seen our R& D project: #SubstancePainter in #VR . Tell us what you think of the idea! #OC5
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7 years
Oculus PC 1.17 is rolling out - Parties chat system, launch off-platform apps, system & app release notes.
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10 years
Listening to @ID_AA_Carmack and Michael Abrash talk about the future of virtual reality -- humbled and inspired! http://t.co/M8zrXxNhpo
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8 years
Rift arrives today. Fully-immersive consumer VR is here, and it's just the beginning. Onward to the Metaverse!
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Brendan Iribe
8 years
Inspired by today’s Women @Oculus panel at Grace Hopper. Thanks for sharing stories of how you shape the products @oculus builds! #GHC16
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7 years
The original Rift + Touch soft bundle sold out faster than expected, so we accelerated the release of the new all-in-one box.
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Brendan Iribe
10 years
Oculus Rift wins official Critics Award for "Best Hardware" at E3 2014 (again!). Congrats to the team and community!! http://t.co/zPl6hcCEc1
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7 years
Optimizing for success. Building the future of VR.
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Oculus PC 1.15 is out - official 3 sensor roomscale, toggle H&S warning, (alpha) MxR chroma keying w/ 3rd Touch
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7 years
I spoke w/ @CharlieRoseShow about Oculus, Touch and the future of VR. Airs again tonight 6 & 10pm ET on Bloomberg TV
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8 years
Rift hits retail in Europe and Canada Sept 20, in-store Touch demos begin in October.
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8 years
Pre-orders for Oculus Ready PC + Rift bundles open 2/16 @BestBuy @amazon @MicrosoftStore !
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7 years
Oculus PC 1.18 is rolling out - new Demo Mode makes it easy to showcase VR, MxR Capture stereo camera support
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Brendan Iribe
8 years
Rift pre-orders are live! Starts shipping in March.
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Brendan Iribe
6 years
Ready Player One actors wore Oculus Rift to see the Oasis. “The only way the cast had a chance to understand where they were – we all had virtual reality Oculus goggles.... When you put the goggles on, it was Aech’s basement...” -Spielberg
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Brendan Iribe
7 years
Amazing student hacks at @UofMaryland Bitcamp 2017 - typing robots, human scale pong, LED glasses, VR, & more! Thanks @vincentwsong @bitcmp
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9 years
Over 100k DK2's and tons of Gear VR's in the wild -- can't wait to see what the community creates. Everyone's a pioneer!
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7 years
New Rift + Touch all-in-one bundle is available now. Only $399 during the Summer of Rift (orig $499).
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Oculus PC 1.12 is out - added audio mirroring, improved multi-sensor room scale tracking, cleaner in-VR app installs
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Brendan Iribe
9 years
360 video is coming to FB -- "beyond that it’s probably going to be even more immersive content like VR & AR" http://t.co/nZVmukQuC9
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Brendan Iribe
7 years
Little known fact: John @ID_AA_Carmack never reads from a script. Period. And he gave the perfect heartfelt speech honoring @TimSweeneyEpic .
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8 years
Great to see so many brilliant students at Grace Hopper celebrating women in computing, excited to build the future! #GHC16
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Gear VR powered by Oculus wins best hardware at #crunchies . Congrats @ID_AA_Carmack and team!
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Samsung Gear VR wins Best Hardware at the 9th Annual #Crunchies
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7 years
Happy to be at the #1 "Best Place to Work in 2018" according to Glassdoor’s annual report - this list is unique because it’s entirely based on employee feedback. “Impact like nowhere else” @facebook and @oculus !
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Employees have spoken! Here are the 100 Best Places to Work in 2018. Did your company make the list? #BPTW
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Brendan Iribe
8 years
Innovation wins. Congrats @elonmusk and the team at Tesla.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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Model 3 orders at 180,000 in 24 hours. Selling price w avg option mix prob $42k, so ~$7.5B in a day. Future of electric cars looking bright!
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7 years
Congratulations Tim!
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New Oculus PC 1.17 (available in public test channel now) includes third party app launching. Read more here:
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Brendan Iribe
10 years
"Remember the phenomenon that is Android began as a little company, that only went mainstream after it received a huge backing" -Tim Sweeney
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8 years
Minecraft + Oculus Rift! Optimized integration for best perf and experience
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Brendan Iribe
10 years
Wired's cover story on Oculus is live! And full of new details. Thank you @provenself @WIRED http://t.co/Njdq6YfjwK http://t.co/MuJ5gkkvxS
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6 years
The Evolution of Gaming. Here's to the innovators and dreamers. Imagine where we'll go next....
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8 years
Oculus Touch pre-orders are now live! Ships December 6.
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Brendan Iribe
8 years
Story Studio's Dear Angelica is a beautiful new experience created entirely in VR.
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Minecraft on Oculus for Gear VR is here…welcome to the Minecraft Metaverse!
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Edge of Nowhere is live on Rift now, made by @igTedPrice and @insomniacgames . Madness awaits!
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Brendan Iribe
7 years
Justin Trudeau is a great human being. We (America) need more people like him in power. #DiversityIsOurStrength #NoBanNoWall
@JustinTrudeau
Justin Trudeau
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To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada
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8 years
Thousands of Touch dev kits are going to developers now.
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@KyleOrl Touch ships in Q4. Enormous investment in quality and polish. True hand presence is a VR changer. Lots to share at OC3.
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6 years
Oculus Rift 1.30 rolling out - new Dash Wrist Watch w/ time, added Long Press to Oculus button, Pullout desktop windows using A + Grip trigger, new Experiments Panel in Dash Settings, lots of new summer furniture in Home, improved panel streaming in Home
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Brendan Iribe
8 years
Iribe Center in MD's budget proposal! @LarryHogan @SpeakerBusch @SecGill Sen. Mike Miller
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Brendan Iribe
7 years
New Oculus Home on GearVR adds motion controller, improves rendering quality 1.5x + start time over 3x or less time than it takes to put on.
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UMD @presidentloh challenges the student built robot in a game of beer pong (minus the beer) at Bitcamp!
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Congrats @Jason_Rubin , the new Head of Content at Oculus, overseeing all internal and external content development.
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7 years
Small Rift 1.19 release this month - team’s focused on big OC4 updates!
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Brendan Iribe
9 years
Prepping for an amazing VR event. We'll be livestreaming tomorrow at 10am PDT on http://t.co/uvfhz9Niw5 #OC2 http://t.co/1r6YU0LznP
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Oculus PC 1.11 is rolling out and release notes are up - Improved tracking, 3 sensor config, and guardian.
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Brendan Iribe
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Very excited to see/hear more about Morpheus and Valve VR at GDC next week. Should be an incredible show!
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Brendan Iribe
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Great to see the VR industry unite!
@OpenXR
OpenXR
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Updated #OpenXR Industry support... now with @Microsoft
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Smooth joystick locomotion in Rift Home is here! Top requested feature on . Warning - veteran VR legs and an iron stomach is required. Enable at your own risk!
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Carmack steps into Minecraft with Gear VR, joining Saxs & Lydia playing with him on tablets at E3. VR cross-play!
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Brendan Iribe
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Surprised and honored to chat with Charlie Rose about the Touch launch and the future of VR.
@CharlieRoseShow
Charlie Rose Show
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"You can feel like you’re in there with the cells and with the organisms." @brendaniribe on VR in medicine:
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"Sometimes you have an opportunity to build something that's from the future, and that's where things really do get exciting" @ID_AA_Carmack
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Oculus PC 1.20 is out - New bundle pricing inc discounts for already owned apps. Focus is on upcoming Dash and Home!
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Inspired to read about Melinda's new mission. This is an important priority. We must continue to invest and do more.
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Brendan Iribe
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Jan Paul van Waveren will be remembered for many things inc his leadership on the new Khronos VR standardization that will shape an industry
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Deadpool confirmed.
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Inspiring words from Michael Abrash - Welcome to the virtual age
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Brendan Iribe
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Important reminder -- Kickstarter backers must claim their free Rift by tomorrow 1/31 11:59pm EST.
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Brendan Iribe
6 years
Oculus Rift 1.28 rolling out to PTC - hang out with up to 8 friends in Home, broadcast your Windows Desktop screen using Dash to co-watch with friends, new avatar editor, improved language support, and, by popular demand, experimental locomotion to Home.
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Brendan Iribe
10 years
Special thanks to Samsung's Gear VR team and @MauriceRibble at Qualcomm for enabling @ID_AA_Carmack voodoo magic! http://t.co/IMKh525oNz
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Brendan Iribe
7 years
Oculus Connect Developers Conference, Oct 11-12 2017, San Jose. @oculus
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Great to see so many female hackers at Bitcamp -- 25% is good, over 50% is even better. Let's do it!
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Bitcamp
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We are happy to announce more women attended Bitcamp 2016 than ever! A 7% increase over last year.
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The Right Thing To Do.
@JustinTrudeau
Justin Trudeau
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We must stand together to protect user privacy and personal data. Inspired by @tim_cook 's stance.
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Brendan Iribe
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Oculus PC 1.23 is out - Create and customize multiple homes in Core 2.0 with privacy for each, add apps to wishlist in VR Store
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Brendan Iribe
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Heading to Bitcamp at UMD - Can't wait to see what everyone creates!
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Bitcamp
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Oculus brought an amazing booth ready for demos, and a lot of hardware for our hackers!
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Brendan Iribe
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Join the Oculus Connect keynote at 10am PT. Lots to share! #oc3
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