F8 2017
Facebook’s 360 Capture SDK wants to enable users to record and share VR experiences
At its annual F8 developer conference, Facebook has today announced the release of a new developer kit which simplifies the capture and sharing of VR experiences. The social media…
Facebook wants to predict your field of view to enhance the 360-video viewing experience
Further expanding its focus on 360-degree videos, Facebook today announced at its F8 developer conference that it has developed completely new techniques to improve the viewing experience. This…
In the not so distant future, Facebook could let you type by thinking about it
What if you could type by merely thinking about it? What if writing articles, talking to friends, or basically putting words to a computer screen, became as simple…
Giroptic’s mini 360-camera gets Android support, Facebook hands out thousands to F8 attendees
Over the past year, videos – especially Live videos have become Facebook’s focal point of attention. It has not only started prioritizing them in the News Feed but…
Facebook will license out its brand new 360-degree cameras with 6-degrees of freedom
At its ongoing F8 conference, Facebook recently showed off a couple of pretty awesome 360-degree cameras. There is the x24, that as its name implies is equipped with…
In urban cities, Facebook expands Internet connectivity via wireless antennas, computer vision
From the very beginning, Facebook has been all about connecting every individual on the face of the Earth to the internet — or more specifically their platform. There…
Facebook open-sources deep learning framework ‘Caffe2’ to help deploy AI models on mobile devices
On the first day of its F8 developer conference, Facebook announced that it is providing the open-source developer community with the first production-ready version of Caffe2. This deep learning…
Facebook launches React VR, a JavaScript framework to help developers build VR experiences
While Facebook is turning its attention towards augmented reality, it hasn’t forgotten about the budding world of virtual experiences. At the F8 developer conference, the social networking giant…
Instagram for Android finally receives an offline mode
Instagram has finally received an offline mode over the Android platform. Aimed towards regions with low data connectivity, this particular feature will cater to the vast majority of…
Facebook announces updates to Instant games and Gameroom
At its F8 conference today, Facebook announced a slew of updates aimed towards making the chores involved at the game developers end, easier. The company also introduced a…
Facebook announces a slew of new integrations: Files, bots and live video are coming to Workplace
Today at its F8 developer conference, Facebook introduced a slew of tools that promise to enhance the capabilities of its Workplace platform. Along with new integrations with some…
Facebook aims to build a local, close-knit developer community through ‘Developer Circles’
Facebook’s F8 conference is all about developers and the social media giant has come way too far from its very first developer meetup organized exactly ten years ago.…
Facebook has just debuted Messenger Platform 2.0
Facebook’s F8 conference is turning out to be home to some of the most exciting announcements ever. The company has just announced a brand new suite of tools…
Facebook’s social VR platform, Spaces, launches in beta today on Oculus Rift
Over three years after acquiring Oculus, Facebook is debuting its first public virtual reality application called Spaces. This product is an amalgamation of the company’s social platform and…
Facebook wants to turn your smartphone into the first AR platform with ‘Camera Effects’
Facebook’s F8 developer conference is in full swing folks and huge, huge announcements are being made even as we speak. The company has unveiled a brand new, Camera…
Facebook is really betting big on the use of augmented reality through smartphones
Facebook is looking to move ahead of Snapchat’s augmented reality efforts by bringing in developers into the loop to help out with the development of its AR experiences…