Hugo Barra, Vice President of VR at Facebook, on Tuesday introduced that he is leaving the corporate after over 4 years. Barra, 44, joined Facebook in 2017 to lead its Oculus VR staff. Prior to his tenure at Facebook, the Brazilian expertise govt labored because the Vice President of Xiaomi. Barra introduced his departure from Facebook by a submit on the social community. He mentioned that he was planning to enterprise into the healthcare expertise area to assist folks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“Today is my last day at Facebook Reality Labs, after 4 years working on projects that have been more exciting and more challenging than anything I’ve encountered in my career, with some of the brightest minds and kindest people I’ve ever had the pleasure to meet,” Barra wrote in his Facebook submit.
In 2017, Barra left Xiaomi to be a part of Facebook. He was initially employed to lead the Oculus VR staff. However, in May 2019, the chief took the position of constructing a world AR/ VR associate ecosystem based mostly in New York City.
Barra offered some particulars about his subsequent enterprise and mentioned that he was attempting to enter the healthcare expertise area.
“I believe society is still poorly equipped with the tools people need to really understand our health and gain control over our health outcomes,” he mentioned. “Inspired by this reflection and after working in tech for over 20 years, I’ve decided to try something completely different — to dive into the deep unknown (for me) and explore the healthcare technology space. I hope to be able to apply what I’ve learned from working in the consumer tech industry to help solve meaningful problems in the healthcare world.”
Interestingly, Barra introduced his moving-on from Facebook in the midst of Facebook developing sensible glasses in collaboration with Ray-Ban.
“Looking back at what we accomplished together with Oculus Go, Quest, and Quest 2, I’m truly beyond proud,” he mentioned. “And I’m equally excited about what’s yet to come, starting this year with the launch of Facebook’s smart glasses in partnership with Ray-Ban, which will begin connecting the dots from today’s VR headsets to tomorrow’s AR glasses.”
Barra gained reputation for heading the Android division at Google in its rising stage earlier than becoming a member of Xiaomi in August 2013. He labored with the search big for six years between 2008 and 2013, and held roles together with the Vice President and Product spokesperson for Android.
