Facebook's stepping into the world of virtual reality.
The company announced on Tuesday afternoon it had reach a deal to acquire Oculus VR, a company paving new roads in the world of virtual reality technology, for $2 billion.
Oculus VR's flagship product is the virtual reality goggles known as the Oculus Rift, which was first funded through a massively successful Kickstarter campaign. It has already received more than 75,000 orders for development kits.
"After games, we're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences," Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post about the purchase. "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."
Over the past year, the Internet has been abuzz with each video that arises of the Rift's capabilities -- some serious, some fun. Developers have used the Rift to allow a man and a woman to "gender swap," simulate the feeling of decapitation by guillotine and play Pokemon through the eyes of a Pokemon trainer.
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