Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face – just by putting on goggles in your home.' After games, we're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences. Oculus will continue operating independently within Facebook to achieve this. We're going to focus on helping Oculus build out their product and develop partnerships to support more games. 'The Rift is highly anticipated by the gaming community, and there's a lot of interest from developers in building for this platform. He wrote the following (in a Facebook post, of course): It is a transformative and disruptive technology, that enables the world to experience the impossible, and it's only just the beginning.'įacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said that he views the Oculus Rift as a new communication platform. 'We believe virtual reality will be heavily defined by social experiences that connect people in magical, new ways. 'We are excited to work with Mark and the Facebook team to deliver the very best virtual reality platform in the world,' Oculus co-founder and CEO Brendan Iribe said in a press release.
Oculus will keep its headquarters in Irvine, California. Facebook has acquired Oculus VR, the company building the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, for $2 billion.
