Xiaomi Global's VP Hugo Barra to join Facebook

Just days after Xiaomi Vice-President Hugo Barra put out a Facebookpost declaring his decision to leave the company, a new post from his Facebookaccount clears that he will be joining Facebook shortly, to lead the virtual realitybusiness of the social network giant.

The status read, "I'm excited to share my next adventure asI return to Silicon Valley-in a couple of months I'll be joining Facebook as VPof virtual reality (VPVR!) and lead the Oculus team."

Barra had shared his deteriorating health as a major reasonto leave the Chinese company. The company was undergoing a crisis period afterlosing its top position in the Chinese market and also pulled back from a fewglobal markets like Brazil and Singapore.

Hugo Barra mentioned Lei Jun in his post saying, "Xiaomi CEOLei Jun always says that the highest calling of an engineer is to maketechnology breakthroughs quickly and readily available to the widest possiblespectrum of humanity. That will be my mission at Facebook."

Responding to his post, Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg said,"Hugo shares my belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the nextmajor computing platform. They'll enable us to experience completely newthings."