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January 17, 2017 06:06 pm GMT

Facebook spent even more on Oculus than everyone realizes

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Back in March 2014, Facebook announced it acquired Oculus, the "leader in immersive virtual reality technology, for a total of approximately $2 billion." 

Turns out that was fake news — or maybe just a poorly written lede. 

SEE ALSO: How Oculus could revive the 3D-printing revolution that never happened

Facebook did acquire Oculus, but the price tag was much larger than previously stated and widely reported. The realization came after the attorney for video game maker ZeniMax Media (which is suing Facebook for allegedly stealing the intellectual property) directly asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in court testimony Tuesday. Read more...

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