Oculus: why has Facebook bought virtual gaming company for $2bn?

Tech community divided by Facebook's purchase of much-hyped virtual reality firm Oculus VR

Oculus Headset
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SOCIAL media company Facebook has purchased the crowd-funded virtual reality firm Oculus VR for $2bn (£1.2bn).

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, said Oculus's virtual reality technologies could eventually "change the way we work, play and communicate".

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