Category: Computer Hardware / Software
- Published: 26 March 2014
- Written by Editor
Facebook Inc.’s US$2-billion acquisition of Oculus VR may look modest compared to its recent US$19-billion purchase of WhatsApp, but there appears to be a clearer path for monetizing the new asset through game-related software and hardware.
Two-year-old Oculus has developed software and hardware for virtual reality environments such as video games. It has received more than 75,000 development kit orders for its Oculus Rift headset.