This purchase marked Meta's pivot toward the "metaverse" and hardware, forming the foundation of their current VR and AR divisions. Recent & Strategic Purchases
: Acquired to enhance natural language processing (NLP) and help combat fake news. The team was eventually integrated into other Facebook projects. who did facebook buy
By 2025, it was generating over for Meta and surpassed 1 billion users. Oculus VR ($2 Billion, 2014) : This purchase marked Meta's pivot toward the "metaverse"