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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

We couldn’t afford an Oculus so we built one (Interview)

Feb 23, 2018
01:06:30

Max Coutté joined the show to share his journey of learning the math and programming required to build an open source Oculus headset for $100. Max is 16 and lives in a small village in France. And one day he and his friends decided to built an Oculus headset because they couldn’t afford one. This show takes you through Max’s journey, how his teacher (aka Sensei) made all the difference, and how the chief architect at Oculus, Atman Binstock, advised him to make it all open source.

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Show Notes:

“I’m 16, I’m all alone in France, and I just want to recreate a virtual world like they have in my favorite animes.” – Max Coutté

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