Working with its recently acquired Oculus VR partition , Facebookwill before long bringshort , immersive , 360 - degree videos to your News Feed . That let you calculate in any direction within an simulacrum , as though you were really there . It ’s Facebook ’s first labor with Oculus to bring VR - like technology to the main service .
How will it work ? Simply tap on the computer screen door or move your phone around , allowing its gyro to make you feel like you ’re “ in ” the video . The characteristic will debut on Android devices and the web — no Io yet . Some big epithet with content in the hopper include Saturday Night Live , Star Wars , Vice , and the Discovery Channel . You ’ll be capable to do stuff like look on LeBron James shape out in gym - sweep 360 - degree video , The Vergereports .
YouTube foretell similar functionalityback in March , with Facebook announcingsimilar programme not long after . Facebook has n’t given an exact particular date on when this service’ll roll out proper . And sure , it ’s not literal practical world , but it ’s a step in that very interesting direction .. Though I ’m not sure how many 360 - level videos of people ’s battle pic shoot I want to be subject to .
[ FacebookviaThe Verge ]
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