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Facebook buys Oculus: Why Apple hasn’t missed the boat on virtual-reality

“When Facebook acquired Oculus Rift for $2 billion, Mark Zuckerberg announced that virtual-reality was the natural follow-up to mobile as a platform,” Luke Dormehl reports for Cult of Mac.

“Following the acquisition, Cult of Mac published an article asking which companies Apple should look at buying after missing the boat on Oculus Rift,” Dormehl reports. “But has Apple really missed out on virtual-reality?”

“In fact, there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that Apple has been investigating this area for the better part of a decade: well before Oculus Rift appeared on Kickstarter,” Dormehl reports. “More importantly, Apple owns patents — including what look to be some fairly comprehensive ones covering head mounted displays.”

Read more in the full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Lynn Weiler” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]

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