When Elon Musk finally made up his mind to approach Starry Sky Technology, he discovered that he was ultimately one step too late.
To his surprise, the first to react was Mark Zuckerberg, the very man he had once believed would do everything in his power to prevent Starry Sky Technology's virtual reality technology from entering North America.
By the time his secretary reported the matter to him, that sly old fox had already led Facebook in restructuring its subsidiary Oculus, laying off more than two thousand employees and retaining only the core staff responsible for its main business. It seemed he was preparing to cut his losses in time and switch sides to Starry Sky Technology once this east wind crossed the Pacific Ocean.
Back when Facebook announced its acquisition of Oculus for 2 billion US Dollars in 2014, the move had widely been seen as Facebook investing in the future.
It had to be said, such an outcome was truly lamentable.
In truth, Zuckerberg had been left with no choice.
Perhaps, given enough time to gradually improve headset-based virtual reality technology, Oculus might one day have achieved Immersive Virtual Reality Technology with 99% sensory simulation.
However, when he saw that Starry Sky Technology had already brought the technology he had dreamed of onto the product launch stage, he knew perfectly well that he no longer had the luxury of taking things slowly.
Rather than let Oculus drag Facebook into a war it had almost no chance of winning in pursuit of his ambition to dominate the virtual reality industry, it was more important to protect his core business.
He knew very well what truly mattered to Facebook and what was merely icing on the cake.
Zuckerberg had a large fortune. He could afford to lose a mere 2