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Thursday, 05.07.2018 / 17:00
The American company Facebook has been in Zurich for about two years, now the site is being expanded. The focus is on research in the field of virtual reality. Among other things, the group acquired a virtual reality know-how with the acquisition of Oculus in 2014.
According to the "Handelszeitung", two highly skilled developers have worked for Oculus in Zurich two years ago, following the takeover of ETH's Eye business. It was about 20 years ago and there are now 35 employees. The office space rented by Facebook
would have room for up to 60 employees and the company wanted to rent additional space. According to the business paper, there are currently 14 vacancies.
The newspaper continues to report that Facebook is trying to cooperate with the ETH. This should be ready in the current year. Compared to the "Handelszeitung", Facebook did not want to comment on the plans for expansion, but said that the Zurich team, as part of the "Computer Vision Community" in Europe, works closely with teams from ETH and the University of Zurich. In addition, we are always looking for new talent, so the spokesperson. (Kjo)
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