Yep, hands and entire rooms in VR. Facebook owned company Oculus has bought up Israeli - based Pebbles Technologies in a deal supposedly worth around $ 60 million . Pebbles interfaces specialises in fiber optics , software systems and hardware to detect and control hand movement . Oculus likely wanted to acquire the company to help develop further methods of virtual reality . Facebook revealed its own brand of motion sensors back in June .
Facebook owned company Oculus has bought up Israeli - based Pebbles Technologies in a deal supposedly worth around $ 60 million . Pebbles interfaces specialises in fiber optics , software systems and hardware to detect and control hand movement . Oculus likely wanted to acquire the company to help develop further methods of virtual reality . Facebook revealed its own brand of motion sensors back in June .