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TechCrunch is reporting that the Rift 2 has been CANCELLED as Brendan Iribe leaves Oculus.

DeadlyJoe
Rising Star
The title says it all. Here's the article and the quote.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/22/oculus-co-founder-is-leaving-facebook-after-cancellation-of-rift-2...
"Iribe is leaving Facebook  following some internal shake-ups at the company’s virtual reality arm last week that saw the cancellation of the company’s next generation “Rift 2” PC-powered virtual reality headset which he had been leading development of, a source close to the matter tell TechCrunch."

Can we get a confirmation or denial of this from Oculus officially?

Update:

https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/oculus-co-founder-brendan-iribe-is-leaving-facebook-1202988298...
"Facebook denied a Techcrunch report that the departure was prompted by a corporate decision to cancel plans for a second-generation Oculus Rift headset."

"There are some indications that the departure wasn’t completely amicable. Techcrunch reported Monday that Facebook decided to cancel plans for a PC-powered Rift 2 headset that Iribe’s group had been working on, prompting him to throw the towel. Facebook subsequently denied this report, with a spokesperson telling Variety
: “Yes, we are planning a future version of Rift.”"

Update 2:

Lucas Matney of TechCrunch has doubled-down on the cancellation rumor, suggesting that Oculus has cancelled the variation of the CV2 that is currently under development, but also concedes that there may still be a CV2 in the future.

https://twitter.com/lucasmtny/status/1054447200078573568

Update 3:

Nate Mitchell has chimed in, stating clearly that the Rift/PC platform is still in the works, but he doesn't give any clarification on possible changes to their business strategy therein.
https://twitter.com/natemitchell/status/1054460295697944578

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KlodsBrik
Expert Trustee
This better not be true !



Be good, die great !

Anonymous
Not applicable
Oh no, please say it ain't so!

ParadiseDecay
Rising Star
This better be fake news!
☆ YouTube 'Content Creator' and 'Steam Curator' ( https://www.youtube.com/user/ParadiseDecay ) ☆ Devs! I'm always on the look out for new and interesting VR experiences! ☆ Oculus Rift CV1 ☆ Windows 10, 64 bit ☆ Intel Core i7-3770 ☆ 16.0GB Ram ☆ GeForce GTX 1060

Anonymous
Not applicable
Yeah no kidding - this would be a major big time disappointment to me if it is true.

Certainly not sounding so good.

Stryker1000
Heroic Explorer
Doesn't look to be.... but I don't see anywhere where it says the next gen rift being cancelled ?

KlodsBrik
Expert Trustee

Every part of VR and AR needs to improve, especially the hardware and
core technology, and Oculus has the best team in the world to do that.
Although we’re still far from delivering the magical smart glasses we
all dream about, now they are nearly within our reach.
Seems like cv2 is still being developed. Or am I misreading this article ?


Be good, die great !

Anonymous
Not applicable
It's clickbait. Nothing official, no named sources.

Zuckerberg isn't going to confirm that the CV2 is coming a month ago only to cancel it a few weeks later.

Anonymous
Not applicable
If this turns out to be accurate ( sincerely hoping not ), I will be like:
"Bye Felecia"

ParadiseDecay
Rising Star
Fake news according to Variety Mag.
☆ YouTube 'Content Creator' and 'Steam Curator' ( https://www.youtube.com/user/ParadiseDecay ) ☆ Devs! I'm always on the look out for new and interesting VR experiences! ☆ Oculus Rift CV1 ☆ Windows 10, 64 bit ☆ Intel Core i7-3770 ☆ 16.0GB Ram ☆ GeForce GTX 1060