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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: ManaByte on June 01, 2013, 01:16:56 AM

Title: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: ManaByte on June 01, 2013, 01:16:56 AM: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=9122999

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The pedestrian who was struck and killed during a police chase in Santa Ana was identified Friday as 33-year-old Andrew Scott Reisse. Coworkers described him as a "brilliant mind."

Reisse, a Santa Ana resident, was walking in a crosswalk when he was struck and killed at the end of a police chase Thursday.

Reisse's father, who lives in Virginia, said his son moved to Southern California about a year ago. Reisse co-founded Oculus VR in Irvine, a company known for its virtual reality headsets for immersive gaming.

"Andrew was a brilliant computer graphics engineer, an avid photographer and hiker who loved nature, a true loyal friend, and a founding member of our close-knit Oculus family," the company said in a statement.
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Positive Touch on June 01, 2013, 01:26:33 AM: BOOGIE EXPLAIN
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: G The Resurrected on June 01, 2013, 01:50:34 AM: This is seriously an awful thing to have happened at this stage of Oculus' development. I hope if anything it makes the team stronger. The man brought to life a vision that I can't put into words. But if you've experienced Oculus on you own you know what i'm talking about. It's something very special.

RIP
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 01, 2013, 02:45:12 AM: RIP
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Sho Nuff on June 01, 2013, 03:47:10 AM: I just played through all of Episode One in my Rift tonight, pouring one out for this guy
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Himu on June 01, 2013, 03:48:16 AM: WHAT?!?!?!?!
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Sho Nuff on June 01, 2013, 03:50:21 AM: I was just listening to the Stuff You Should Know podcast, where they were talking about police chases and how 144 people die a year because of that shit :maf
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Human Snorenado on June 01, 2013, 07:19:45 AM: Quote from: Sho Nuff on June 01, 2013, 03:50:21 AM
I was just listening to the Stuff You Should Know podcast, where they were talking about police chases and how 144 people die a year because of that shit :maf

144 people? That's a slow week in gun deaths for us. 'MERICA!

(seriously tho this news is fucked up, RIP oculus rift dude)
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: tiesto on June 01, 2013, 07:22:07 AM: Shitty news, guy sounded like a brilliant mind and yeah way too soon for him to go. RIP
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Don Flamenco on June 01, 2013, 08:19:24 AM: Why did they chase the gang? Aren't the police trained to use nets and lassos?
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 01, 2013, 10:27:06 AM: That's awful. Years ago a friend's Aunt got t-boned at an intersection during a police chase, and it left her permanently disabled. With the network of communication they have, and helicopters, etc, there's really not much reason for these types of dangerous high-speed chases anymore.
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Vertigo on June 01, 2013, 11:23:33 AM: RIP

Almost got hit by a police car once when I had my headphones on real loud and wasn't paying attention.

When I hear sirens now and I'm crossing the road. I keep my ass on the pavement until I see which direction they're coming from.
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: ManaByte on June 01, 2013, 11:25:41 AM: FYI he was killed by the thug's car, not the police car.
Title: Re: Co-founder of Oculus struck and killed in high-speed police chase
Post by: Lucretius on June 01, 2013, 12:06:20 PM: Very sad. I hope the driver and all the passengers get charged with murder.