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Title: Facebook acquires Oculus for billions of dollars

s_d 25 Mar 2014

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[Mark Zuckerberg's own FB post about it.](https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971)

[The New York Times reports that it's a $2 billion deal.](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/technology/facebook-to-buy-oculus-vr-maker-of-virtual-reality-headset.html?_r=0)

[Notch isn't happy, pulls Oculus from Minecraft.](http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/25/notch-minecraft-on-oculus-canceled-facebook-creeps-me-out)

Interesting times indeed...

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Speedster 26 Mar 2014

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Yah, I saw this on slashdot today. Now I'm glad I wasn't a backer -- and that solves my question about whether to jump in when the consumer edition Oculus comes out.

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