BRENDAN IRIBE

There are millions of sci-fi enthusiasts in the world, not just gamers.

We're finally going to be free of the 2D monitor. It's been a window into virtual reality that we've all looked into for 30 or 40 years.

When I saw how real virtual reality can be, and that we can replace human vision with virtual vision, this can be the ultimate platform.

Certainly, virtual reality headsets are behind in resolution, but it'll all catch up pretty quickly once there's a consumer market and there's demand.

A hardware startup with a lot of funding and a lot of momentum has a lot less risk.

A hardware startup with no funding is a risky venture.

As people are showing the Rift to friends, word will spread that VR can be that good. So I'm not so worried in terms of adoption of the Rift.

At Oculus, we're now looking at eye specialists, people who really understand how the human eye works, and how that affects human emotion.

I like to think of it as this new field. Instead of computer science, it's going to be virtual science.

I think a lot of people have an idea of virtual reality from science fiction, books and movies that have been out over the last couple of decades.

I was born and raised in Maryland and attended the public school system.

In real life, that's how we're moving around. We look at things while we're walking and moving and turning around. We stare at objects in the world.

It just felt like the right thing to do to give back to a state school and public school. I'm a really big fan of public education.

Locomotion can be uncomfortable in VR, but a number of developers have figured out how to do some subtle locomotion.

Mobile VR will be a lot more accessible. It'll be easier to use; you'll be able to pass it along to your friends.

Most big companies work in stealth until they think they have a consumer product ready to go.

Oculus is a company that often does things differently. But we don't want to do things so differently that we start to get into trouble.

Oculus is actually more of a software company than it is a hardware company.

Replacing human vision is more than just a tool: we need to understand how that affects the brain.

That's what we're all about: delivering a really comfortable VR experience that everybody can enjoy and afford.

The elephant in the room has always been simulator sickness and disorientation. That's one of the biggest challenges.

The University of Maryland was an inspiration for me, and the relationships I made there have lasted a lifetime.

There's going to be a lot of collaborative social experiences with Rift and Touch.

Think of the first Apple II being shipped in 1977. It took almost a decade for it to land in my school where I could see it.

We are being super selective on who we bring in and really just trying to hire the very best.