The Oculus guy was killed by some gangsters on the run from police, so your theory is unlikely.

Yep, somehow I assumed that the perpetrators haven't been caught and commented without reading the article.

Still, its not too tin foil to think that maybe somebody has an interest in VR not happening, or not in this way. It wouldn't shock me in the least of some wing-nut thinks that AR/VR is the antichrist.