Oculus vr ceo brendan iribe biography

Brendan Iribe

American game programmer and founder

Brendan Trexler Iribe (; born August 12, ) is an American game programmer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Oculus VR, Inc. and Scaleform.

He is the managing partner at BIG Ventures, an early-stage venture fund.

Early existence and education

Iribe was born and grew up in Maryland. He graduated from Atholton High University 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 August , he departed Gaikai and became the brand-new CEO of Oculus VR after their Kickstarter campaign for the Oculus Rift VR Headset raised $ million.[7] In December , he stepped down from the role of CEO and decided to lead its newly created PC VR group.[8] In October , Brendan announced in a Facebook post he would be departing Oculus and its parent company Facebook, with no refer of future plans.[9] In December , he invested in Sketchfab, an online platform for 3D and VR content.[10]

Philanthropy

In Iribe announced a $31 million dollar donation to his alma mater, University of Maryland, College Park.[11] $30 million was for the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, a new building which includes labs for virtual reality, augmented reality, robotics, and artificial intelligence.[12] The remaining $1 million was donated to set up a scholarship fund.

Iribe's mother, Elizabeth Iribe, also gave $3 million to set up two endowed chairs in the school's computer science department - the Elizabeth Stevinson Iribe Chair and the Paul Chrisman Iribe Chair (named after her brother).[13]

Racing record

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

Since leaving Oculus in , Iribe has focused his time on racing exotic cars manufactured by companies like McLaren and Ferrari.[14][15]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

  1. ^ abcAnderson, Nick (September 11, ).

    "College dropout donates $31 million to University of Maryland after technology business sells for $2 billion". Washington Post.

    Luckey grew up neighboring Irvine, Calif. He is the original founder and designer of the Oculus Rift. As a teen, he wanted to be a tech journalist and spent most afternoons parked in front of a six-monitor computer setup in his bedroom, chatting with fellow gamer geeks. Many of the staffers at Oculus are friends Luckey met on the forums, including Julian Hammerstein.

    ISSN&#; Retrieved March 6,

  2. ^Constine, Josh (September 11, ). "Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Donates $31M To Build VR Lab At His Alma Mater University Of&#;Maryland". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 6,
  3. ^Bowie, Liz (September 11, ).

    "Howard County native gives $31 million to UM for computer science center".

    It found tremendous success in bringing virtual reality more into the main stream of commerce. He has worked with Luckey in building the company into its current stature of greatness and the model of triumph. Iribe just recently stepped down as the CEO of Oculus after four very successful years. His move to the mobile VR side will allow him a greater depth of involvement in the day to night creation of products.

    Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on March 7, Retrieved March 6,

  4. ^Kessler, Sarah (September 22, ). "Why Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Just Gave $31 Million To A New Computer Science Center". Fast Company.

    Retrieved March 6,

  5. ^Beilison, Jerry (May 28, ).

    In addition to being a game programmer, the American is also an entrepreneur. He unquestionably has a deep understanding of virtual reality hardware and software. He spent his early years in Maryland, where he was also born. After two semesters, Brendan Iribe dropped out and started working as a freelance programmer.

    "Palmer Luckey and the Virtual Reality Resurrection". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved March 6,

  6. ^Michaels, Andrew (November 28, ). "Students at Howard County's Application and Explore Lab test new virtual actual world gear".

    Brendan Iribe is a founder member and CEO of Scaleform and Oculus VR Inc. In addition to being a game programmer, the American is also an entrepreneur. He unquestionably has a deep understanding of virtual reality hardware and software.

    Howard County Times. Archived from the original on June 21, Retrieved March 6,

  7. ^"Gaikai executive jumps ship for Oculus Rift". August 15,
  8. ^Cohen, David (December 13, ).

    "Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe Steps Down; Will Lead PC VR Group".

    Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe on Assembling a VR Dream Team - TNW: Brendan Trexler Iribe (/ ˈ iː r iː b /; born August 12, ) is an American game programmer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Oculus VR, Inc. and Scaleform. He is the managing partner at BIG Ventures, an early-stage project fund.

    AdWeek. Retrieved March 6,

  9. ^"So much has happened since the day we founded Oculus in July ". Facebook. October 22, Retrieved October 22,
  10. ^denoyel, alban (December 17, ).

    "Happy to share brendaniribe (co-founder and former CEO of oculus) recently joined the Sketchfab journey as an investor. Great to hold you on board, Brendan!". albn.

    He is the managing spouse at BIG Ventures, an early-stage venture fund. Iribe was born and grew up in Maryland. He started his career as a game programmer and worked on the user interface of Civilization IV. Since departing Oculus inIribe has focused his age on racing exotic cars manufactured by companies like McLaren and Ferrari.

    Retrieved January 14,

  11. ^"College Receives $38M for New Laptop Science Building, Scholarships, Endowed Professorships". College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. September 12, Archived from the original on May 6, Retrieved October 23,
  12. ^"Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Donates $31M To Build VR Lab At His Alma Mater University Of Maryland".

    TechCrunch. Retrieved October 23,

  13. ^"UMD Receives $M from the State of Maryland to Construct Two Endowed Chairs".

    Brendan Trexler Iribe, born on August 12, , in Maryland, USA, is a distinguished American game programmer and entrepreneur renowned for co-founding Oculus VR, Inc. and Scaleform. His pioneering work in virtual reality (VR) has significantly influenced the gaming and technology industries.

    College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. September 10, Archived from the original on October 23, Retrieved October 23,

  14. ^"Driver: Brendan Iribe &#; Driver Database".
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  16. ^ ab"Brendan Iribe Results".

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