Facebook VP Looks Beyond Mobile to Next Interface
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On his visit, Parikh managed to avoid the traffic problems of Harvard and MIT graduations, but did get stuck with some vintage New England rain.None of them is particularly surprising, perhaps, but given how different the two businesses are, there are interesting similarities: hyper growth in the early years; a culture of moving fast; and “hiring the best people possible and empowering them”—a key criterion for “everyone walking in the door,” Parikh says.With the rise of mobile technology, big data analytics, and more powerful processors, he adds, “decisions need to be made much faster.In the past few years, hundreds of Facebook engineers have had to learn the iOS and Android operating systems and programming, Parikh says.Parikh gives some familiar scenarios that could come alive with virtual-reality tech: things like interacting with doctors, learning in virtual classrooms, and “seeing the Eiffel tower from your living room in Cambridge.” To make that work will require innovation in both software and hardware, he says.
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