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Facebook invests in virtual reality future with Oculus Rift

Clip: 3/26/2014 | 5m 49s

Facebook invests in a virtual reality future with $2 billion Oculus Rift acquisition

Facebook has bought the maker of a virtual reality headset and interface for $2 billion. Economics correspondent Paul Solman profiles the company, Oculus VR, and Hari Sreenivasan talks to Vindu Goel of The New York Times for more on the significance of the deal.

03/26/2014 | Rating NR

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