Tech Article:$2 billion for Oculus? That's cheap!

Facebook's $2 billion purchase of virtual reality gaming company Oculus may seem peculiar and overly expensive, but the deal actually makes a lot of sense for both companies.For Facebook, buying Oculus was an opportunity to expand beyond its core business. Oculus' virtual reality headset is in a growing category of wearable technology that many industry experts expect to be the Next Big Thing. If that pans out, that's $2 billion well spent.     

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In recent tech news, there is a new Sony product. This product is called the 'Project Morpheus' and it is a virtual reality headset. It allows the player to interact with the virtual world they are playing in. It gives a 360-degree field of vision allowing them to see their surroundings in the game. It can also feature a visor-style headset and interact with the camera on the Playstation 4 using sensors to track the players movements.

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In recent tech news, Microsoft's next big headache: The Google Chromebook last year, Microsoft  launched a seemingly random, preemptive campaign against Chromebooks in a series of TV commercials. The ads attacked Chromebooks' lack of functionality and compatibility compared to Windows. Chromebooks accounted for 21% of U.S. notebook sales last year, according to Nomura Securities. Chromebooks haven't become objectively better than Windows PCs, and they're not selling by the truckload. But Chromebooks are ready for mainstream adoption. They're starting to make many of us realize how non-essential a $1000 laptop is becoming. And they can compete with most of the cheaper laptops.

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               In recent Tech news, Last week, 19-year-old California university student Adeline Munguia was reported missing after she stopped responding to Snapchats and texts from her roommate. In turns out that she was fine and wanted to take a break from technology. There's a growing movement that wants to make taking such a break from our electronics the rule, not the rare exception. Friday marks the start of the fifth annual National Day of Unplugging, an initiative launched by the national nonprofit group Reboot to help people take a break from their always-on lifestyles.