Facebook Buys Israel's Pebbles for $60M

(Fortune) Laura Lorenzetti - Facebook's Oculus VR snapped up Israel-based gesture-control company Pebbles for an estimated $60 million in a move to better integrate human movement with computer systems. Oculus is working to find new ways to advance virtual reality using more realistic tracking - one of Pebbles' specialties. Pebbles' technology enables users to see images of their arms and hands within VR headsets, including Oculus VR, a huge step for making VR more realistic.


2015-07-17 00:00:00

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