Barra started as VR boss Facebook

menlo park - Hugo Barra get started on Facebook as boss of the virtual reality department. This includes the Oculus VR platform. That Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday. Barra had earlier this week announced his departure from the Chinese Xiaomi.

'' Hugo shares my belief that virtual reality and augmented reality to the next major computing platform, '' writes Zuckerberg at Facebook. '' They make it possible for us to experience things in completely new ways to be more creative than ever before. Hugo is going to help us build that future. ''

Barra was director for Android at Google drew 3.5 years ago to Xiaomi. For the Chinese manufacturer, which was still primarily known as Apple copier, that was a major coup. Under Barra drilled Xiaomi new markets and the company developed its own style. The Brazilian claimed homesickness as a reason for his departure from China.