@article {doi:10.1177/13548565221122911,
	title = {The promise of beginnings: Unpacking {\textquoteleft}diversity{\textquoteright} at Oculus VR},
	journal = {Convergence},
	volume = {29},
	number = {2},
	year = {2023},
	pages = {417-431},
	abstract = {This paper presents a case study of the inaugural year of Launch Pad, a diversity initiative by Meta{\textquoteright}s virtual reality (VR) subsidiary, originally known as Oculus. As industry-led discourse presented VR as a vision of opportunity and change in the tech industry, Launch Pad presented a vision of social progress through improved diversity. However, a variety of contextualizing factors within that first year complicate these visions of progress, including the gendered and racialized norms of the tech industry, the politics of Oculus{\textquoteright}s co-founder and the mixed feelings of the first beneficiaries of the program. I argue that even if Launch Pad is a good faith effort to address historical and current forms of marginalization and underrepresentation in the tech industry, such efforts must go much further than mentorship and tokenized inclusion, requiring a genuine recognition of the need for systemic change.},
	doi = {10.1177/13548565221122911},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565221122911},
	author = {Daniel Harley}
}
