Oculus wants to create a billion-player online video game, its CEO has said.

Speaking to audience members at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said that the firm had its eye on building a virtual reality-based massively multiplayer online game that would support one billion users.



"This is going to be an MMO where we want to put a billion people in VR," Iribe explained, before admitting that it would take a "bigger network than exists in the world today".

Iribe believes that the firm's partnership with Facebook puts it in a position to make a billion-player online game a reality, and wants to convince people that they're having a real conversation with each other.

"If you let go, you can have a real conversation with a person. That's the holy grail we're trying to get to," he added.



Oculus is currently embroiled in a legal dispute with Zenimax Media.

Zenimax has accused Oculus of using its technology in virtual reality headset Oculus Rift, a claim Oculus describes as "false".

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