According to whois records, Facebook Inc. has secured the Oculus.com domain name that was owned by Tim Appnel. I did not see a connection with Appnel and Oculus VR prior.
Based on whois history records, my educated guess would be that Facebook / Oculus VR, LLC acquired Oculus.com between 10/29/2013 and 12/13/2013.
Oculus.com and OculusVR.com domain names are now with the domain registrar MarkMonitor and display Oculus VR, LLC as the registrant and Facebook as the Tech and Admin contacts.… Read the rest