Oculus VR Inc. acquired the product design and engineering firm that developed the Xbox 360 controller.
Financial details of the deal for Seattle-based Carbon Design Group—believed to be the first acquisition by Oculus—were undisclosed. The deal is expected to close this summer, Oculus said in a blog post on its website.
The development comes as Irvine-based Oculus’ $2 billion sale to Facebook Inc. nears a close and the company gets ready to release a highly anticipated consumer version of its breakthrough virtual reality headset.
The Carbon Design staff is expected to remain at the company’s Seattle studio and work closely with the Oculus research and development team based in nearby Redmond.
In other Oculus news, the company denied it infringed on patents and intellectual property held by Rockville, Md.-based ZeniMax Media in designing the Oculus Rift.
