In Facebook’s office appeared to be engaged in the development of virtual reality (VR) in social networks. This was reported on the company’s website.
«We created a team of social VR on Facebook and focus exclusively on the study of the future of social interaction in VR. This team will explore how people can communicate and share information with the help of today’s VR-technology, as well as the long-term prospects of its development “, – said in a statement.
According to the company, in the future, VR will provide more types communication, such as “opportunities for friends who live in different parts of the world, spending time together and feel that they really are next to each other».
Facebook indicates that the command will work with Oculus and other groups of companies to implement all the stated goals.
Earlier, the head of the company Mark Zuckerberg appeared on the presentation of new Samsung smartphones. Together with representatives of the company Zuckerberg discussed joint projects related to virtual reality.
On his page on the social network Zuckerberg spoke about the Oculus technology in helmets from Samsung Gear VR virtual reality. The peculiarity of the technology is that it allows you to look around, but feel like in the video.
In November, Facebook has promised to launch a “teleportation” of users by 2025. It is planned to improve the virtual reality helmet Oculus Technologies, maker of which the company acquired in 2014.
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