The cat is out of the bag. After numerous rumors about where Hugo Barra, the erstwhile global VP at Xiaomi was headed next, it’s official that the Brazilian-born Google-bred man is headed to lead the Oculus team at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder and CEO welcomed Barra via a brief Facebook post (d’uh) saying he shares the belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform.
This is a huge move considering Hugo Barra will be leading the whole of Oculus team including Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe who founded Oculus before it was bought over by Facebook. Just a couple of days back, Hugo had announced his departure at Xiaomi, while mentioning that he will continue to be in Beijing until February for a smooth transition. Zuckerberg made a nice use of that opportunity:
I’m excited that Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead all of our virtual reality efforts, including our Oculus team. Hugo’s in China right now, so here we are together in VR. It seems fitting.
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