Virtual reality - Facebook Bought Oculus VR
Time: 2014
Place: Menlo Park, California, United States
Details: In 2014, Facebook purchased Oculus VR for what at the time was stated as $2 billion but later revealed that the more accurate figure was $3 billion. This purchase occurred after the first development kits ordered through Oculus' 2012 Kickstarter had shipped in 2013 but before the shipping of their second development kits in 2014. ZeniMax.
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