Joining Facebook as VP of virtual reality (VPVR!) to lead Team @oculus. So excited! Mark posted about it here: ocul.us/HugoBarra
Hugo Barra
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Hugo Barra
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- My 3.5 years at @Xiaomi has been the greatest life adventure. Now it’s time to come home. Wrote a letter here: bit.ly/2j3KznT
- I tried the just-announced Meta Orion AR glasses a few weeks back. It was a beautiful glimpse into the future akin to the first time you experience Waymo or Tesla self-driving. My quick takeaways from the demo: 1/ Wearing see-through AR glasses is 10x better—and not just
- I tried the new Meta Ray-Ban Display “Hypernova" glasses that Meta just announced (thanks for the demo @ahimel!) TL;DR it's a really well-executed take on a simple idea: a crisp heads-up display with precise micro-gesture control of mini apps My quick takeaways from the demo I
- Excited to finally share what I've been working on since leaving Facebook/Meta. I've joined forces with @JMRothberg to build Detect as its CEO — a consumer diagnostics company grounded in science, design & engineering. Bloomberg wrote about us: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… (1/11👇)
- Too good not to share, especially as a die-hard SRK fan :) @iamsrk
- "I love seeing companies go all in on crazy unique gambles like this.” - @MKBHD plays hold ‘em with Mi MIX
- Another Xiaomi first today: Mi Notebook Air, our first foray into the laptop market, 13.3-inch and 12.5-inch
- #OC5: Mark just announced Oculus Quest, our first all-in-one 6DoF VR headset w/ positional tracking & Touch controllers, 50+ titles available at launch. Oculus Quest represents a new class of VR experience and will ship in Spring 2019 for US$399. More details in a bit!
- We're dropping some exciting @oculus news later today at 8am PT. Stay tuned... #QuestCountdown #GDC19
00:00 - Google Earth VR launched this week on Oculus Rift and it's really worth a try — one of the most rewarding VR experiences yet!
GIF - Some personal news: Today is my last day at Facebook Reality Labs, after 4 years working on projects that have been more exciting and more challenging than anything I've encountered in my career. More on that here:
