Oculus VR

Current leadership (5)

• Palmer Luckey Founderreported, not verified
• Brendan Iribe CEO & Co-founderreported, not verified
• John Carmack CTOreported, not verified
• Michael Antonov Co-founderreported, not verified
• Nate Mitchell Co-founder & VP Productreported, not verified

Founders (4)

• Palmer Luckeycofounderno longer at company
• Brendan Iribecofounder
• Michael Antonovcofounderno longer at company
• Nate Mitchellcofounderno longer at company

Safety record

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Incidents affecting Oculus VR (1)

• Oculus Quest 2 foam insert recalled after 5,716 reports of skin irritation2021-07-27 · Recall

Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Peer companies

• Xiaomi3 models
• Baidu2 models
• Brilliant Labs2 models
• Even Realities2 models
• Hark2 models
• Open Bionics2 models

Financial state

Reporting basis

aggregator_estimate

Lifecycle stage

acquired

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Funding rounds (3)

• Other2014-03-25

  $2.0B(reported)

  Investors: Facebook (acquisition) (lead), Facebook

• Series B2013-12-12

  $75M(reported)

  Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

• Seed2012-09-01

  $2M(reported)

  Investors: Kickstarter (crowdfunding) (lead), Kickstarter backers

Acquisitions (1)

• acquired by Metafull acquisition

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

• Record createdJun 25, 2026

  Added to the verified registry

• Incident recordedJul 27, 2021

  Oculus Quest 2 foam insert recalled after 5,716 reports of skin irritation

Full change history →

Sources (1)

1. https://www.meta.com/ ↗

Common questions

What is Oculus VR?

Oculus VR was a virtual reality hardware company founded by Palmer Luckey in 2012, best known for the Oculus Rift headset that revived the consumer VR industry. The company raised $91 million in venture funding including a $2.4M Kickstarter campaign and a $75M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, before being acquired by Meta Platforms for approximately $2 billion in 2014. Oculus products including the Rift, Quest, and Quest 2 now fall under Meta's Reality Labs division, which reported $2.2 billion in revenue and a $19.1 billion operating loss in 2025.

What does Oculus VR make?

Oculus VR has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Oculus Rift (Oculus VR builds physical robots).

Is Oculus VR publicly traded?

Oculus VR is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of Meta/Facebook on the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Oculus VR?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Oculus VR building in the same form factors include Xiaomi, Baidu, Brilliant Labs, Even Realities.

Who is the CEO of Oculus VR?

Brendan Iribe is the ceo of Oculus VR, per the DEPLOY registry.