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Virtual reality ‘the next social and communications platform’: Facebook

Briefs | 03/26/2014 6:31 pm EDT

Facebook Inc., in announcing the purchase of a pioneering virtual reality company, said this kind of immersive technology is "a strong candidate to emerge as the next social and communications platform.”

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