元器件交易网讯 3月26日消息，据外媒washingtonpost报道，Facebook今天宣布收购虚拟现实头戴式设备Oculus VR，斥资20亿美元。Oculus VR是一家位于美国加州的科技公司，公司主要从事开发虚拟现实头戴式设备。

　　相关人士对此感到相当不解，以下是某位科技界人士对此的看法。

　　是Facebook疯了吗？它先以190亿美元购买了WhatsApp，一个几乎无人问津的公司。接着又以20亿美元购买了Oculus公司，一个同样不起眼的公司。

　　Oculus公司是一家开发虚拟现实头戴式设备的公司，可以将视频游戏转换为3D体验。你可能会质疑马克·扎克伯格对此行的判断力。但它实际上是相当有意义的，以下是原因。

　　自Facebook问世以来就定位于社交生活。看看现在Facebook可以做到的，审查应聘者、调查个人资料、玩休闲游等。

　　下一代的Facebook，扎克伯格不希望Facebook仅用于在一段代码内与人交往。他希望Facebook能成为在现实生活中能够使用的社交互动应用程序。

　　“可以虚拟地呈现真实，你可以在你的生活中分享无限乐趣，”扎克伯格在博客中写道，“想象一下不只是网上能与你的朋友分享，也能在现实中上与你朋友分享整个人生。”

　　很难想象在未来Facebook比我们社会生活更占主导地位。尽管如此Facebook表明它仍然是富有远见的产品。（元器件交易网   白玉涛译）

　　以下为外文：

　　Is Facebook crazy? First it bought WhatsApp, a company few Americans had heard of, for a hefty $19 billion. Now it's buying Oculus, an equally obscure firm, for the slightly-less outrageous sum of $2 billion.

　　In case you're not familiar with Oculus, they're the company behind the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that turns video games into 3D experiences. The thought of Facebook getting into virtual reality might have you questioning Mark Zuckerberg's grip on reality. But it actually makes a ton of sense. Here's why.

　　From the moment Facebook was born, the service was always an addition to your social life. Stalking an ex? Look to Facebook. Reviewing job candidates? Investigate their Facebook profile. Casual online games? Facebook, Facebook, Facebook.

　　The Rift has potential to define next-generation Facebook games. But Zuckerberg has his sights set on a much grander idea about social interaction. He doesn't want Facebook to be an app you use to socialize with people while they're out of physical range. He wants Facebook to become the app you use to have actual, real-life social interactions.

　　"By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded spaces and experiences with the people in your life," Zuckerberg wrote in a blog post. "Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures."

　　It's hard to imagine a future in which Facebook is even more dominant over our social lives than it already is. Still, Facebook needs to show that it's still the visionary product it was when it all began a decade ago.