Oculus Co-Founder Dies In Tragic Accident

Myles Milligan

Andrew Reisse, co-founder of the Oculus Rift, died this past weekend due to the result of a hit and run that occurred during a high-speed chase — the police were pursuing fleeing gang members.

The team at Oculus VR released this statement in response to the tragic news:

“Andrew was a brilliant computer graphics engineer, an avid photographer and hiker who loved nature, and a loyal friend. Andrew was unique in so many interesting ways. He was extraordinarily kind and utterly selfless. He was a mentor and inspiration to everyone around him.

Some of us have know Andrew since college, and have worked with him at multiple companies beginning with Scaleform in Maryland which he helped start at age 19, then at Gaikai in Aliso Viejo which brought him out to California, and finally at Oculus where he was a co-founder and lead engineer.

Andrew’s contributions span far and wide in the video game industry. His code is embedded in thousands of games played by millions of people around the world.”

If you’d like to read Oculus VR’s full response, you can do so here.

Some of us from the GameSparked team had a chance to try out the Oculus Rift last year at PAX Prime, and we can attest to the amazing engineering of the device. We at Gamesparked would like to thank Andrew for his contributions, and our thoughts go out to his family, friends, and close ones.

[ABC]