A better Rift: Oculus hires former Valve VR engineer

To make a great product, you need great people. Oculus VR is hoping its latest hire is exactly that.

One of the former leads on Valve’s virtual-reality project is now working on the Oculus Rift. Atman Binstock has left the Half-Life developer to head up a new research-and-development group for Oculus VR as chief architect. Binstock helped drive Valve’s VR development, and he was key in solving some of the issues associated with the technology. He joins recent hire John Carmack, formerly of id Software. They, along with the rest of the Oculus staff, will improve the Rift head-mounted display to prepare it for its eventual consumer release, which could potentially come before the end of this year.