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FACEBOOK has announced that it is buying Oculus VR, the outfit that that is developing the “Oculus Rift“
Facebook are paying $2bn in a mix of $400m in cash and another 23.1 million Facebook shares. If certain milestones are reached Facebook will give them a further $300m.
“Mobile is the platform today, and now we’re also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow,”Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg
“Oculus has the chance to create the most social platform ever, and change the way we work, play and communicate.”
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.
“We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus. I just cancelled that deal,”
Said Markus Perssion, known as Notch the guy behind MINECRAFT after hearing of the buyout from Facebook.
“Facebook creeps me out”
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