Oculus Co-Founder Tragically Killed in Weekend Accident

@mrfluke: np Mr. Miserable. Please stay away from guns....for your own health.

@silvertorch1: You should consider joining the Westboro Baptist Church. I hear they love scumbags like yourself.

:-(

That's real sad ;(

You are a facile idiot.

@xplusy said:

RIP, man.

The only way this is a tragedy is if the co-founder had a serious problem of not looking both ways before crossing the road. If somehow not looking both ways was a core problem with his very being, a tragic flaw. Otherwise it's just another person who died too early and probably could have done something more with the time he could have lived. I expect more from Patrick Klepek. I guess I was wrong.

This is why we can't have nice things :(

@thewind89: Yeah. In today's constantly connected world, it is easier than ever for the authorities to track someone down. For the most part, it is just to indulge the officers in their sick power fantasies. I understand the chase of a shooter who has killed randomly and may kill again. After the crime is committed, and there is no longer something to motivate the suspect to more violence, causing someone to flee in a vehicle just puts many more lives at risk. Helicopters and road blocks to stop them are effective. Doing actual police work to track them down works wonders as well.

"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases." John Adams

RIP

If I can afford it, I'll buy an Oculus Rift in Andrew's honor. RIP

Man this is very sad and my thoughts go out to the family and friends of Mr. Reisse. On a related thought has a high-speed pursuit ever actually saved lives? I have heard doubts about continuing the practice of high-speed pursuits since for the most part the evidence shows that its more a instant gratification for police than an effective tool against crime. I'm sure most people reading this have seen the results of a high speed chase on film and know it often ends in the death of an officer, person(s) escaping, or innocent bystanders. I wish the police would not instantly assume chasing an already dangerous person through a populated neighborhood, city, or highway at 90mph is the only option, but hey power can go to your head I guess.

Gangs.

It's really terrible when great an talented people leave this world so suddenly. I hope the other side is treating you well, Andrew.

Sad day

My thoughts and feelings, like so many others, go out to Andrew's family and friends.

Very depressing news.

Is this any kind of news? This is par for the course nowadays... Humans are fucked up, and can't rule themselves at all...................

So tragic, RIP.

I'll pray for Andrew and his family

@xplusy said:

Pour one out. At the very least his work lives on through his profession and those who play them.
Rest in peace, dude.

God-fucking-dammit... What a terrible series of events.

I hope they execute those fucking gang members. No point in having human garbage like that clogging up the prison system further, and costing the taxpayers money.

I send my condolences to Andrew's family.

That's really awful news, My thoughts go out to his friends and family. His legacy will live on though, I hope they do a tribute to him and his work when the product is widely released. It's a shame to lose such a brilliant mind.

So, let me guess. Gang members were caught and will go to trial...with a publicly appointed attorney paid for by your tax dollars. Then they'll go to jail, where they will be fed and housed for however long, again thanks to your tax dollars, and eventually get out on parole in a few short years to do it again.

I'm so sorry Andrew. This world didn't deserve the likes of you. I hope you're somewhere better now.

Stories like this make you wish that The Punisher was real.

@xplusy said:

^^^^ Please pause your game for a moment of silence... R.I.P

A sad loss. I wish his family the best in coping with this horrific situation. I hope in the future, the police weigh the risk/reward of a police chase before starting one up. With technology, resources, and manpower at their fingertips, police chases are not always the best and safest way to catch the criminals. Yes, with great power comes great responsibility, but so do great big egos.

Anyway, rest in peace, Mr. Reisse.

Why do the good die young? RIP.

So fucked up. Nonetheless, he at least got to see some of the very positive reaction people had to his creation. R.I.P. you innovator of technology. May you always be remembered for your contributions.

What a tragedy. RIP

That is terrible, and just as his hard work was coming to fruition.

RIP

What a waste of such incredible talent just to get wiped out by total asshats who the world would be such a better place if they just vanished.

My thoughts go out to Andrew's family.

It really is a shame to die with your beard in such an awful state.

Yeah, this is how I feel too.

@cloneslayer: We're just baffled that your angry over an adjective.

RIP. His work may very well usher in an era of entertainment that has only existed in science fiction.

Haven't seen anyone else bring it up. What does this mean for the Oculus Rift? He was lead engineer, those are decently big shoes.

A tragedy indeed. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

According to ABC the gang members were on probation and had warrants out for their arrest. Cops approached them to arrest them and one of the gang members shot and killed one of the cops. They then fled the scene with cops in pursuit. The gangsters ran several red lights, smashing into two cars in the process, before running the red light through which Reisse was crossing on his daily walk and hit and killed him. Such a fucking tragic story. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Dude are you serious? Get a life you weirdo.

God damn that is tragic, RIP duder :(

*pours one out*

That's terrible. RIP.

A terrible loss. Such an artistic mind gone, but to a better place. Rest in Peace, and much prayer to his loved ones.

RIP

It's stories like this that make me realize just how horrible so much of the human race is.

For someone so brilliant to be taken out by two low-down criminals is just an utter shame. Yet, so many people seem to have this natural tendency to be violent, or aggressive. Why do we as humans feel the need to be this way, instead of simply living in peace?
It's a truly horrible thing, especially when something like this happens.

Rest in peace Andrew. I hope the Oculus Rift will be a success to honor his name.

Utterly awful, he was obviously a brilliant man. I hope the Rift can be a success so his memory and hard work can be honored. Rest in Peace.

@jonnyflash80: I believe i heard that they caught the gang members in the car after it struck him. I'm sure they and their friends are now enjoying staring down a felony murder charge in addition to whatever else is on their list, scumbags.

I heard about this as it broke on twitter late last week. Just really really tragic man. Just ugh. So much potential and such a bright mind taken from us by two pieces of garbage.