At the beginning of this week we woke up with the news that Hugo Barra, head of Xiaomi's international expansion, was leaving his position in the Chinese company, because he wanted to be close to his family and friends again. In addition, he missed Silicon Valley, from where he left three and a half years ago, leaving his position as one of the most responsible for the international expansion of Android. It took little time for Barra to find a jobAs Barra and Zuckerberg have jointly reported, his new position will be at Facebook as director of the virtual reality division.
The announcement of the signing of Hugo Barra by Facebook has been announced through Mark Zuckerberg's profile on the social network, where he states that he has been excited about Barra's next incorporation to the company's management team. In recent years, Facebook has tried to diversify all its businesses as much as possible, investing in different companies and technology such as virtual reality, buying Oculus in 2014 for 2.000 million dollars, the first project that became famous in this regard.
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I have known Hugro for a long time, from when he helped create the Android operating system and in recent years he has worked at Xiaomi, launching innovative devices for millions of people. We both share our belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the next computing platform.
At the moment, it seems that the war between HTC and Oculus to bring virtual reality to users is being won by the Taiwanese at HTC, who, according to the CEO of a video game company, has sold twice as much today. of virtual reality devices than Oculus, despite being somewhat more expensive, but the quality of this type of device and the freedom it offers to enjoy Oculus games is a determining factor. It should be remembered that from HTC Vive you can enjoy games from Oculus and other platforms, while Oculus does not allow you to leave its ecosystem in a simple way, although you can, to enjoy other catalogs.
