02 Apr
Oculus VR has announced via Twitter that Valve’s Aaron Michaels has joined the company. “We’re thrilled to welcome Aaron Nicholls to the team,” the company said. “He’ll be working out of the Bellevue R&D lab with Atman and crew.” “It’s been exciting working on VR at Valve,” Nicholls said on Twitter, in part. “Can’t wait […]
29 Mar
Valve’s leader of Research and Development, Michael Abrash, has left the company to serve as chief scientist at Oculus VR today. Abrash arrival at Oculus comes just after Facebook’s recent acquisition of the company for $2 billion, which Abrash addresses in a blog post on the Oculus VR website. “The resources and long-term commitment that […]
11 Mar
Former lead engineer on Valve’s virtual reality project, Atman Binstock, has joined Oculus VR as its new chief architect, the company has announced. Binstock will lead the new Oculus R&D team based in Seattle and their search for “exceptional engineers” interested in the research and development of the “future of virtual reality”. “Just over two […]