Netflix reportedly wants to let you play video games on its platform within a year, and hired a Facebook VR exec to spearhead the effort

Netflix has hired a top executive from Facebook's virtual reality division as it prepares to expand into streaming video games, Bloomberg reports. Mike Verdu is a vice president at Facebook's Oculus augmented and virtual reality division, and was previously a senior vice president at Electronic Arts (EA), where he focused primarily on mobile games, according to Bloomberg. He will join Netflix as vice president of game development.