Facebook acquires Oculus

By Christopher Isak

March 26, 2014

Here is how the latest Facebook acquisition Oculus looks like and what it does.

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Christopher Isak http://www.christopherisak.com

Hi there and thanks for reading my article! I'm Chris the founder of TechAcute. I write about technology news and share experiences from my life in the enterprise world. Drop by on Twitter and say 'hi' sometime. 😉

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