by Tepix on 1/26/17, 7:05 AM
It's interesting that he's joining Facebook, not Oculus. Oculus is just a "team" now.
by blazespin on 1/26/17, 6:36 AM
" I look forward to building the future of immersive technology with Mark Zuckerberg, Brendan Trexler Iribe, Mike Schroepfer, and the visionaries in the Oculus team". Ouch!
by owenwil on 1/26/17, 7:46 AM
Smart hire - Barra is a great hardware evangelist, quite technical and was a great personality for Xiaomi that wasn't a typical "technical" person so could appeal to the masses. Oculus/FB really needs that.
by hueving on 1/26/17, 6:36 AM
Can someone provide some context as to who this is and why it's newsworthy?
by i000 on 1/27/17, 4:20 PM
Sooo... I'm guessing this fits into what Brendan Iribe was talking about in his recent blog post, when he mentioned that the company wanted to "accelerate [their] roadmap"? From what others have mentioned it sounds like Hugo Barra is good at rapidly growing software and hardware platforms. That could potentially work well for Oculus and VR as a whole.
Hopefully for us ground-level users it means even more resources put into content development. Possibly new hardware revisions releasing earlier than had previously been planned as well?
I must admit I'm also hoping that any knowledge he has of the Chinese manufacturing industry contributes to smoother supply chains for Oculus products. No more parts shortages or shipping delays, pretty please. :)
by general_ai on 1/26/17, 8:25 AM
So much for "hard work was affecting my health".
by nullnilvoid on 1/26/17, 6:05 AM
That was quick. He just left Xiaomi several days ago. Good luck to Hugo.
by praneshp on 1/26/17, 6:42 AM
by tmsldd on 1/26/17, 6:31 AM
"É nóis mano !"