Steve LaValle, the former chief scientist for Oculus, has confirmed that he will join Huawei as the chief scientist of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed reality - VR/AR/MR - in charge of global research and product development.
China’s Huawei, a leading telecom equipment maker based in Shenzhen, is now expanding into the VR/AR markets.
Oculus, a famous VR equipment maker, was acquired by Facebook in 2014.
Steve LaValle started working with Oculus VR in September 2012, and was chief scientist of Oculus till January 2015.
LaValle said Huawei is a global business company, and China’s VR/AR market is burgeoning.
Huawei Technologies on Friday said it expects to record a 32 percent jump in revenue for 2016, thanks to a strong performance across its business platforms.
Huawei’s rotating chief executive Xu Zhijun forecasts their revenue will reach some 75 billion US dollars in 2016 and will become an even stronger rival to Apple.