Brendan Iribe, a co-founder of Oculus VR, has announced that he will be leaving the company today in a Facebook post. Having been with the company since its inception in July of 2012, he is now moving on after in his own words "six incredible years." Having been a part of the initial VR push with the Oculus Rift, he has left an indelible mark on an industry that is still growing into its own today.

Calling his tenure at Oculus and Facebook a "transformative experience" Iribe was thankful to the people around him including his team that has been a part of his journey thus far. However, after 20 years he considers now a good time to take a break and "to recharge, reflect and be creative." Even so, it will be interesting to see what he does next, considering he has already co-founded a previous company, Scaleform that was bought by Autodesk in 2011 and then worked for Gaikai before the Sony acquisition in 2012. With a track record in tech that spans multiple industries, it likely won't be long before Iribe is working on the next big thing.While details as to why he is leaving are lacking, according to Tech Crunch, it may have something to do with the cancellation of the "Rift 2" virtual reality headset, which was canceled just last week. With the cancellation it appears the differences in opinion between Iribe and Facebook became too great, resulting in this recent turn of events. While nothing has been fully substantiated, it would make sense considering Facebook has seen multiple higher executives leave the company due to mounting tensions including Instagram co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, as well as WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum.