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Well, another online media company snapping up smaller fish to expand its empire, Facebook,
好的，又一家四處吞食小魚以擴展自己帝國的線上媒體公司——Facebook。

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but its latest big acquisition of a virtual reality company came as a bit of a surprise for some
不過，Facebook 最近這一次以大手筆收購一家虛擬實境公司卻讓部分人士感到意外，

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as it represented the social media giant's move into hardware.
因為此舉代表這家社群媒體巨擘即將進軍硬體界。

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Laurie Segall asked Oculus founder Brendan Iribe how the deal went down.
蘿麗．席格爾詢問 Oculus 創辦人布蘭登．伊瑞布這項交易進行的狀況。

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Facebook has been on a multibillion-dollar buying spree over the last couple of years --
Facebook 在近幾年來以數十億美元大肆收購企業，

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first, photo-sharing app Instagram for a billion dollars,
先是以十億美元收購照片分享應用程式 Instagram，

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then messaging app WhatsApp for $19 billion,
接著以一百九十億美元收購傳訊應用程式 WhatsApp，

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and the latest, $2 billion for the virtual reality developer called Oculus.
最近又以二十億美元收購名叫 Oculus 的虛擬實境開發商。

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Its main product -- the Oculus Rift headset,
該公司的主要產品是 Oculus Rift 眼罩，

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a mask that video game players would wear to see an interactive high-definition 3-D video environment.
電玩遊戲玩家戴上這個眼罩，即可看見高畫質的立體互動影像環境。

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Think Google Glass on steroids.
可以把它想成強化版的 Google Glass。

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The CEO Brendan Iribe sat down with me to dish exclusive details behind the deal
執行長布蘭登．伊瑞布和我坐了下來，向我透露該項交易背後的獨家細節，

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on how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg geeked out when he saw what Oculus could do.
提及 Facebook 執行長馬克．佐克柏看見 Oculus 的表現有多麼興奮。

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So he tries it on and he takes it off and his first thing is,
他試戴了這個，拿下來之後說的第一句話是：

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"So that was probably one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life and maybe ever will see.
「這大概是我這輩子見過最酷炫的東西之一，不但空前，說不定也絕後。

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How can I help? I'd really like to just help you guys."
我可以幫上什麼忙？我真的就是想協助你們。」

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At that point, did you say $2 billion?
那時候，你是不是說二十億美元？

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Iribe would quickly find that Zuckerberg doesn't dwell on formalities.
伊瑞布很快就發現佐克柏並不拘泥於形式。

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We shook hands and we were like, "Yeah, let's, you know, let's get this done." And he said, "Well, I think we can just get this done right now,
我們握了手，然後我們說：「好啊，我們就把這件事定下來吧。」然後他說：「我認為我們可以現在就直接談定，

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and we should be able to get it done by Sunday."
而且應該星期日就可以結案。」

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I would've never thought you could get this size of a deal done that fast.
我從來沒想過這種規模的交易可以這麼快完成。

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When you hear Facebook likes to move fast that's their motto -- they move fast.
我也聽說過 Facebook 喜歡速戰速決，這就是他們的座右銘，他們動作真的很快。

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Three and a half days later, the $2 billion deal was done.
三天半之後，這項二十億美元的交易就完成了。 

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Facebook partnered with Oculus taking on people like Iribe and Palmer Lucky,
Facebook 與 Oculus 合夥，雇用伊瑞布與帕默．拉奇等人，

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the 21-year-old whiz kid who built out the tech behind the gaming device.
拉奇是個二十一歲的神童，他建構了那個遊戲設備背後的科技。

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The deal is a bet that virtual reality headsets could be used for more immersive experiences.
這項交易是一項賭注，認定虛擬實境眼罩可用來營造更加身歷其境的體驗。

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You can actually just look around and you can have objects in front of you.
你可以實際上環顧四周，眼前也有物件。

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You can experience different gaming things. You could have an IMAX theater...
你可以體驗不同的遊戲設備，也可以享受 IMAX 劇院……

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and then to actually experience a shared sense of presence,
但這件產品能夠讓你實際體驗到共同的存在，

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this, where you truly believe you're somewhere and now you actually believe other people are there with you.
讓你真正覺得自己身在某個地方，並且真的相信有其他人和你一起在那裡。

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And you look at them and, you know, if they look at something you can both look at the same thing together.
你看著他們，然後他們如果看著某事物，你也可以和他們一起看著同一件事物。

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There's no more window. That's, I think, going to be the magic of virtual reality.
再也沒有視窗了。我認為這將會是虛擬實境的魔法。

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For Facebook, it's the first venture into hardware. Zuckerberg says this is just the start.
對於 Facebook 來說，這是進軍硬體的第一步。佐克柏說這還只是開端而已。

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He thinks virtual reality can enable people to enjoy a courtside seat,
他認為虛擬實境可以讓人享有場邊第一排的座位的感覺，

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or study in a classroom with teachers all over the world.
或者在一間教室裡和世界各地的老師學習。

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We left at around 5:30 a.m. Facebook office to go straight to the airplane, went home and went to sleep,
我們在清晨五點半左右離開 Facebook 辦公室，直接搭機回家睡覺，

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and then woke up and tried to think if what we did was really... really just happened or not.
醒來之後不禁想我們做的那件事情是否真的……是不是真的發生了。

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A reality that's anything but virtual.
這可完完全全是真的，絕非虛假。