Facebook has plans to make its Virtual Reality domain more social
The keynote that took place for Samsung Galaxy S7 was loaded with surprises. Among which the best one was Facebook Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Mark Zuckerberg came on the stage to talk about a VR headset that can be used socially.
Mr. Zuckerberg stated, "Pretty soon, we're going to live in a world where everyone has the power to share and experience whole scenes, as if we're there in person.” He gave an explanation about how he wants to make use of the 360 degree camera similar to the Samsung Gear 360 which was announced recently to share a video of his new born daughter first few experiences with his parents.
As per Mr. Zuckerberg, it has been recorded that more than one million hours of the video have been viewed already via the Samsung Gear VR headset. Moreover, another million users will get a chance to try out the Gear VR this annum.
Samsung has also decided to offer a Gear VR headset free of cost that is priced at $99 for all those who pre-order the Galaxy S7.
When the CEO graced the stage, a hoard of journalists decided to rush to stage so that they could take selfies and photographs. The company is trying its best to acquaint Virtual Reality amongst the masses through its Oculus Unit. The social media giant is one of those companies that are investing heavily on Virtual Reality considering it to be the next technology that can engage consumers.
The Oculus unit will start the shipment of its headset to the early birds next month. However, the platform has never displayed a Facebook app running on the platform, other than that, the company has not even showed how the family and friends on Facebook can interact via Virtual Reality
However, this might change in the times to come. At present, Mr. Zuckerberg took the opportunity to announce that they are working towards creating a dedicated team for “Social VR”.
The team which will be working on virtual reality will be devoted to Oculus as well as the other teams at Facebook so that they can transform the fate of social interaction through VR. The company mentioned in a recent blog post, "This team will explore how people can connect and share using today's VR technology, as well as long-term possibilities as VR evolves into an increasingly important computing platform.”
This is not the first time when the tech giant has shared its plans of making Virtual reality more social. Almost a year back, Chris Cox, the Chief Product Officer at FB admitted that the company is working on its own Virtual Reality apps during the Recode's Code/Media conference.
Other than that, Oculus has also come up with “Social Alpha” which is an experience on the Samsung Gear VR headset that allows the users to watch videos on Twitch or Vimeo along with other Gear VR users. However, they do not have to be their Facebook friends.
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