Oculus VR, Orange County’s rising technology star, has flown the coop.

The company confirmed Monday it has quietly moved its Irvine headquarters to Menlo Park, the home of parent company Facebook. Oculus is known for its Rift goggles, which immerse users in virtual reality.

The relocation comes about six months after Facebook purchased the virtual reality headset maker for $2 billion. That deal made the rise of Oculus and its 22-year-old founder Palmer Luckey one of the top technology stories of 2014.

Oculus was tight-lipped Monday about the move, saying only that it was intended to place the company’s team, including top executives, closer to the action in Silicon Valley. Luckey reportedly has his own top-floor suite at Facebook’s main offices, according to a report earlier this month in The Telegraph, a UK newspaper.

Oculus engineers have also departed for Silicon Valley.

The company will keep its Irvine office, on MacArthur Boulevard near Jamboree Road, though it’s unclear which departments are still based there and whether it will be a long-term outpost. Oculus, with about 250 employees companywide, also has offices in Seattle, Dallas and Korea.

Company officials wouldn’t say when the move officially happened. But Irvine was still listed as Oculus’ headquarters on the firm’s website as of Dec. 22, when the last Web snapshot was taken by Internet archive service Wayback Machine.

The startup, whose roots are in Irvine, got mainstream media talking when it raised $2.4 million in crowdfunding support in 2012 to develop the Rift.

It later got the attention of rich investors and Facebook, which sees the company’s headsets as more than a gamers tool. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg envisions the virtual reality goggles as a communication platform to connect patients with doctors, students with teachers and fans with sporting events.

Since its takeover by Facebook in July, Oculus has been on a hiring spree.

The company plans to produce a consumer version of its goggles, which may be many months away and could face competition from companies such as Sony.

Facebook could not be reached for comment.

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