Hugo Barra, who led Xiaomi’s international expansion, will now take on a different challenge as vice president of virtual reality for Facebook’s Oculus. Photo: ReutersSan Francisco: Facebook Inc. hired Hugo Barra to lead its virtual reality efforts just days after he quit Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp.Barra, who led Xiaomi’s international expansion, will now take on a different challenge as vice president of virtual reality. CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions virtual reality as a social platform, and says Barra will help the company achieve that. “Hugo shares my belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. “It’s been a dream of mine to work in virtual reality even back when AR/VR were just figments of science fiction; now we’re taking selfies in virtual worlds,” Barra said in comments on Zuckerberg’s Facebook post.

Source: Mint January 26, 2017 08:13 UTC