Imagine the view through the Facebook platform billion Oculus

Facebook has spent $ 2 billion to buy back company equipment manufacturer Oculus VR virtual reality with the ambition to turn it into the next platform after the desktop and smartphones.

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Oculus Rift equipment quite popular in the gaming world, but Facebook does not buy this product to participate in the gaming market in which they are "bet" on the future of t burning VR (Virtual Reality).

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, a brief description of Virtual Reality: "Imagine you are watching a game, joining a large class full of students and teachers around the world or directly consult doctor without officers in person, instead of wearing a virtual reality device at home. "

It is not clear what Facebook will do with Oculus VR, but a company called Chaotic Moon imagine that Facebook users can wear the device Oculus Rift to browse social networks as interactive 3D.