Instant Alert: Inside Oculus: Rare photos from the early days of the virtual reality pioneer

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Inside Oculus: Rare photos from the early days of the virtual reality pioneer by Jillian D'Onfro on Oct 14, 2015, 12:41 PM Jack McCauley's research lab in Livermore, California, is hallowed ground for any virtual reality fan. McCauley was a founding engineer at Oculus VR, the virtual reality headset maker that Facebook bought for about $2 billion last year. He told Business Insider that the team filmed Rift's original Kickstarter video in his facility and designed much of its first development kit, DK1, there, too.  After hustling away on the headset for about two years, McCauley left Oculus shortly after the acquisition, but continues to work on new virtual reality projects in his lab today. Take a look at these early Oculus pics, and learn more about what McCauley's doing now:   The Oculus Rift team filmed much of the video for its blockbuster Kickstarter campaign in McCauley's Lab. Here they are watching the finished video as the project racked up cash. In this picture it's at nearly $1 million from 3,905 contributors, and would eventually swell to $2.4 million from 9,522 of them. CEO Brendan Iribe and founder Palmer Luckey just chilling in the lab. See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011