Oculus is coming to the UK in a significant way it seems, as they prepare to open a dedicated base in London with a team that’s apparently gearing up to build some “really cool stuff” for virtual reality.
Social media giant Facebook has positions throughout the world, but one of its key bases, according to the Telegraph, is the UK. Now it seems it wants to expand its presence specifically in the VR arena by opening a base in London dedicated to Oculus and virtual reality.
According to a Facebook comment, posted by Mike LeBeau who is set to lead the new UK team, the new team will be focused on building “some really cool stuff” for virtual reality. LeBeau hails from Google, where he was a senior engineer and apparently instrumental in the development of the technology firm’s voice search technology. LeBeau moved to the UK to join Oculus in January, his LinkedIn profile indicates as Product Manager.
The Telegraph also notes that there’s been a lot of social media activity, specifically on LinkedIn, recently that indicated Oculus are due to ramp up the team in the UK perhaps for new and key initiatives in the virtual reality arena.
Oculus already has a couple of bases around the world, with key offices in Seoul and Hong Kong, but although they’ve had UK representatives for some time, this feels like a move to build more important significant presence in Europe with a firther reported 8 new employees listed as UK based in the last few months.
The Telegraph managed to get an official response from Oculus on what their plans for the new UK office were, they responded tantalisingly “we’ll have more to share on our international plans soon”.