Carmack breaks silence on huge acquisition
By Chris Smith
Facebook's acquisition of Oculus, the maker of the Oculus Rift VR headset surprised almost everyone, including the gaming company's chief technology officer John Cormack.
The gaming legend has broken his silence on the $2 billion buyout in response to a blog post by Peter Berkman. Carmack said he "wasn't expecting Facebook" and admitted there are companies "with more obvious synergies" than the social network.
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Oculus CTO Carmack 'wasn't expecting Facebook,' says it gets 'big picture'
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