F8 2015: After YouTube, Facebook also announces 360-degree videos

In addition to announcing news for the communication app Messenger, Facebook also took advantage of the first day of the F8 2015 to reveal a new feature that will be available soon: 360 degree videos.

called "spherical videos”, the 360 ​​degree videos of the network were presented for now only as a preview, controlled by a mouse, as seen above. The novelty is more than just an advance, it is part of the vision of the future for the Facebook. Taking a timeline, CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg talked about expectations for the network, which started with text sharing, is currently in photo sharing and moving into video, and will eventually move into virtual and augmented reality. . 360-degree movies fit well in this perspective, especially for use in conjunction with VR headsets like the Oculus Rift, bought by Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion.

It has not yet been revealed how and from when users will have access to the technology, but the Facebook You know you have to be fast. The announcement came just over 10 days after o YouTube present the same tool, and that is already working. The dispute between the network with the video site of Google by the dominance of videos on the internet is quite fierce. At the beginning of the year the Facebook bought the startup quickfire, which converts video formats to reduce bandwidth consumption without losing quality, for an undisclosed price.