Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe Steps Down
The whole DRM move for their headsets brought Oculus a bad reputation among many VR enthusiasts:<p>&gt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rockpapershotgun.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;23&#x2F;oculus-rift-update-blocks-htc-vive-revive&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rockpapershotgun.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;23&#x2F;oculus-rift-upda...</a><p>&gt; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;oculus-workaround-to-play-on-htc-vive-rendered-inoperable-by-app-update&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;oculus-workaround-to-p...</a><p>Though they removed it after lots of users protested:<p>&gt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rockpapershotgun.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;24&#x2F;oculus-rift-vive-no-headset-check&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rockpapershotgun.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;24&#x2F;oculus-rift-vive...</a><p>&gt; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;oculus-reverses-course-dumps-its-vr-headset-checking-drm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;oculus-reverses-course...</a><p>But the bad image that they got for this still persists among many.<p>---<p>Another thing that Oculus did (probably because of pressure from Facebook, their parent company) is inserting dubious terms into their Terms of Service:<p>&gt; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;there-are-some-super-shady-things-in-oculus-rifts-terms-1768678169" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;there-are-some-super-shady-things-in-ocul...</a>