Facebook Inc. will acquire two years Oculus VR Inc. , of virtual reality glasses game maker, for $ 2 billion to buy its way into the rapidly growing portable devices arena with its first ever hardware to deal with. Acquisition, which comes hot on his $19 billion bargain messaging service Whatsapp heels
Facebook Inc. will
acquire two years Oculus VR Inc. , of virtual reality glasses game maker, for $ 2 billion to buy its way
into the rapidly growing portable devices arena with its first ever hardware to
deal with. Acquisition, which comes hot on his $19 billion bargain
messaging service Whatsapp heels , represents a big bet on Facebook provide
another shift in the evolving technology industry , at a time when consumers
are increasingly abandon their computers to smartphones.
The world's largest
social network has been considered to be late to recognize the transfer to
mobile devices, and the company's revenue has only recently begun to recover
from the late start.
Many in the industry
believe that portable devices may represent the next major platform shift.
Google Inc. has been testing Google Glass, stamp-sized electronic screen
mounted on a pair of glasses for several years. Last week, it launched efforts
to develop computer clocks.
On Tuesday, Facebook
said virtual reality technology could emerge as the next social and
communications platform.
“Our mission is to make the world more open and connected.
For the past few years, this has mostly meant building mobile apps that help
you share with the people you care about. We have a lot more to do on mobile,
but at this point we feel we're in a position where we can start focusing on
what platforms will come next to enable even more useful,
entertaining and personal experiences.
This is where Oculus comes in. They build virtual reality technology, like the Oculus Rift headset. When you put it on, you enter a completely immersive computer-generated environment, like a game or a movie scene or a place far away. The incredible thing about the technology is that you feel like you're actually present in another place with other people. People who try it say it's different from anything they've ever experienced in their lives.
Oculus's mission is to enable you to experience the impossible. Their technology opens up the possibility of completely new kinds of experiences.”
This is where Oculus comes in. They build virtual reality technology, like the Oculus Rift headset. When you put it on, you enter a completely immersive computer-generated environment, like a game or a movie scene or a place far away. The incredible thing about the technology is that you feel like you're actually present in another place with other people. People who try it say it's different from anything they've ever experienced in their lives.
Oculus's mission is to enable you to experience the impossible. Their technology opens up the possibility of completely new kinds of experiences.”
Zuckerberg said
Facebook was not interested company and does not intend to try to make a profit
from the sales of devices over a long period of time. Instead, he said, Facebook
software and services, and continue to be used as the company's core activities
can generate income for oculus devices through everything from advertising and
sales of virtual goods.
While Oculus will
operate as an independent company, Zuckerberg noted that Facebook plans oculus
extended well beyond gaming.
Facebook recent
acquisitions are a bit on the RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney wrote in
a note to investors on Tuesday. But he said that on Facebook the size of the company,
the transaction did not seem “irrational”.
