Facebook's acquisition of relented.) But Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe says the company opted to with Facebook, instead of Microsoft or Sony, specifically to avoid the limitations of an existing platform.
"If we were going to partner with somebody, because this is a long road ahead... We were thinking the whole time that we wouldn't partner with Microsoft or Sony," Iribe said during an address at the Business Insider's Ignition conference. Google was out as well, according to the Business Insider report, because of its lack of focus. "We didn't know how much time we'd get from the leadership team," he said.
The social aspects of Facebook, on the other hand, fit well with what Iribe sees as the Oculus Rift's great potential as a social platform. "Your brain just believes you're there," he said. "The next step is to feel like you're there with other people."
Facebook dropped $2 billion (yes, billion) to acquire Oculus VR most recent hands-on, (or, indeed, 'eyes-in'), impressions from our hardware guru Wes.
