Oculus VR, a company behind the recently quite popular Oculus VR virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift, have managed to raise a quite impressive US $75 million thank to Netscape founder Marc Andreessen’s Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm that will certainly speed up and help in making a consumer version.


The investment from Andreessen does not really come as a surprise considering how much noise Oculus VR managed to create recently. According to some, Oculus VR has been doing a much better job with innovation compared to recently launched Sony and Microsoft next-generation consoles.

In case you missed it, Oculus VR even managed to attract John Carmack, a legendary tech guru which left id Software and joined as CTO for Oculus Rift VR headset.

Brendad Iribe, the chief executive of Oculus VR, noted that the company is currently working on a mobile version of the Oculus Rift. “Over the past 16 months, we’ve grown from a start-up to a company whose virtual reality headset is poised to change the way we play, work and communicate,” said Iribe said in a statement. “Forty thousand developers and enthusiasts, as well as a number of great partners, have joined our cause and helped us bring the seemingly impossible to life. This additional infusion of capital, as well as the leadership and experience of Marc Andreessen, will help us take the final steps toward our ultimate goal: making virtual reality something consumers everywhere can enjoy.”

We surely look forward to anything new from Oculus VR, as well as news regarding the current and future Rift versions.





Source: Venture Beat.