Glad to see Palmer respond to our fears. hehPalmerTech wrote:Believe me, this is nothing but good news. Laird is a fantastic guy, and I would not have hired him if he were not a perfect fit for Oculus. He is a professor in USC's Advanced Games course, and mentored/guided Project Holodeck. He has a skill that, frankly, we lacked as a company: Getting a consumer product into the hands of as many people as possible.
If this guy were in it for the money, he had plenty of options that don't involve moving to a scrappy startup! We would not have hired him if we thought his vision was different than ours, and his position as COO still reports to me at the end of the day. If I don't want to go in a particular direction, then we don't.
We want to make a great headset that gamers can afford, not a luxury item. We know what happens when you launch a consumer product at $599, no need to repeat history.
I'm even more excited for Oculus as a company now! Kinda reminds me of when Google was first gathering "big-names" in the industry. heh