The whole VR thing has been around for a while and every now and then a jump in screens and sensors make it better and smaller and lighter as well as cheaper.

The whole VR thing has been around for a while and every now and then a jump in screens and sensors make it better and smaller and lighter as well as cheaper. That aside Oculus from what I can tell have nothing beyond that, a development kit for a device they made, and from what I know and probably wrong, that is it. Ok they have some talented people, but what is stopping Microsoft reproducing what Oculus already have to get a headset that does the next flavour of 3D. But the only consumer VR affair was maybe a Sega affair and who knows, maybe they have some patents waiting to bite. But it is one of those techs that has been around for a while just waiting to go mainstream. Same was teh case with touchscreens, had them in the 80's even, just better on many levels now. As is the tech for VR headsets. So should Microsoft of brought Oculus, No as they already have experience in that whole area and or the talent to make a something happen if a market is deemed there. Facebook on the other hand, are not as well rounded in the software and hardware as Microsoft and with that easier to borg in the skills needed and if you can get that as a package bundle, all the better.