Brendan Iribe

Brendan Iribe
Born Maryland
Residence Menlo Park, California
Alma mater University of Maryland, College Park (dropped out)
Occupation VP of PC division at Oculus VR, Inc.
Known for Co-founder of Oculus VR, Inc.
Website brendaniribe.com

Brendan Iribe is an American game programmer and the co-founder of Oculus VR, Inc.

Early life and education

Iribe was born and grew up in Maryland. He graduated from Atholton High School in Howard County, Maryland and then attended the University of Maryland, College Park,[1] majoring in Computer Science which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences in College Park for two semesters before dropping out to work as a freelance programmer.[2][3][4]

Career

He started his career as a game programmer and worked on the user interface of Civilization IV.[1] He was cofounder/CEO of Scaleform, a user interface technology provider for PC games.[1][5] After Scaleform was sold to Autodesk he worked as product team lead at Gaikai.[6] In 2012, he got together with Palmer Luckey to start a Kickstarter campaign for the Oculus Rift VR Headset bringing in about $2.4 million.[7] Iribe took the position of CEO at the newly founded Oculus VR. In December 2016, he stepped down from the role of CEO and decided to lead its newly created PC VR group.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Anderson, Nick (2014-09-11). "College dropout donates $31 million to University of Maryland after technology company sells for $2 billion". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  2. ↑ Constine, Josh (September 11, 2014). "Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Donates $31M To Build VR Lab At His Alma Mater University Of Maryland". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  3. ↑ Bowie, Liz (September 11, 2014). "Howard County native gives $31 million to UM for computer science center". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. ↑ Kessler, Sarah (2014-09-22). "Why Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Just Gave $31 Million To A New Computer Science Center". Fast Company. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. ↑ Beilison, Jerry (2014-05-28). "Palmer Luckey and the Virtual Reality Resurrection". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  6. ↑ Michaels, Andrew (November 28, 2017). "Students at Howard County's Application and Research Lab test new virtual reality gear". Howard County Times. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  7. ↑ Chafkin, Max (October 2015). "Why Facebook's $2 Billion Bet on Oculus Rift Might One Day Connect Everyone on Earth". The Hive. Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  8. ↑ Cohen, David (December 13, 2016). "Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe Steps Down; Will Lead PC VR Group". AdWeek. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
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