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wraggster
May 5th, 2014, 23:20
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/2a62ccaad943347f5bca365f4602369d/200092050/iribe.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/05/oculus-new-research-group-wants-to-turn-students-into-vr-archit/)
Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe is excited about the future of virtual reality (naturally), but the company can't make VR a global phenomenon all by itself. It's doing more than just tapping into Facebook's resources (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/25/facebook-oculus-vr-2-billion/), though -- Iribe said atTechCrunch Disrupt NY (http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-ny-2014/event-home/) that the company just put together a research group (which includes newly installed head scientist Michael Abrash (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/28/oculus-michael-abrash-chief-scientist/)) to get more folks thinking about (and hopefully adding to) our virtual reality future. How? By playing extra-nice with schools and students, for one thing.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/05/oculus-new-research-group-wants-to-turn-students-into-vr-archit/