<p class="title">Facebook Inc said on Friday production of its Oculus virtual reality headset would be hit by the recent cornonavirus outbreak, which has weighed on businesses dependent on Chinese supply lines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier in January, the world's largest social media network started restricting its employees from traveling to China, in the face of rising death toll from the flu-like virus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Due to the coronavirus we began taking additional safety precautions, which has compounded this issue and is why we expect additional impact on production," a Facebook spokesperson told Reuters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Facebook unveiled Oculus Quest, which comes with touch controllers and does not need a PC to operate, in September 2018 at $399.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Oculus Quest was already in high demand and back-ordered in several regions," the spokesperson said.</p>
<p class="title">Facebook Inc said on Friday production of its Oculus virtual reality headset would be hit by the recent cornonavirus outbreak, which has weighed on businesses dependent on Chinese supply lines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier in January, the world's largest social media network started restricting its employees from traveling to China, in the face of rising death toll from the flu-like virus.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Due to the coronavirus we began taking additional safety precautions, which has compounded this issue and is why we expect additional impact on production," a Facebook spokesperson told Reuters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Facebook unveiled Oculus Quest, which comes with touch controllers and does not need a PC to operate, in September 2018 at $399.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Oculus Quest was already in high demand and back-ordered in several regions," the spokesperson said.</p>