Several features were announced on the first day of it's annual developers conference, held in San Jose this year, that will compete with competitors. Usually there's much ooh-ing and aaaah-ing over whatever it is that Mark Zuckerberg introduces.
"The unique thing that we're going to do is we're not just going to build basic cameras, we're going to build the first mainstream augmented reality platform".
Afternoon sessions yesterday revealed several interlocking initiatives at the social-media giant, but most immediately front and center (to judge from CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote) may be augmented reality.
The possibilities for AR are only limited by a developer's imagination and there are plenty of ways in which the real world can be manipulated using this technology.
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Facebook is allowing developers to sign up for closed beta of the platform's AR studio tool. And these songs could be heard by all the members at the same time. So Messenger is launching a discovery tab and new QR codes that directly put users in conversation with a bot. "QR codes are big in messaging apps in Asia but haven't caught on here in the United States, including when Messenger has tried them before". "Today we're going to start building this platform together", he said. Also part of the introduction, Facebook launched Facebook Spaces, a virtual reality app where users can view Facebook content with friends in VR, including 360 videos and photos that can transport you to new places. This avatar is created using on of the Facebook photos of the user and can be customized as per one's choice.
More partners for Facebook Workplace: Facebook has an enterprise version of its social network, called Workplace, that was launched last winter.
Since the Messenger Platform debuted a year ago, the ecosystem has more than 1.2 billion people, 100,000 developers and 100,000 monthly active bots, and two billion messages are sent between people and businesses on Messenger every month.
This Augmented Reality themed products will definitely affect smartphone companies. However, he also has predicted that the augmented-reality platform will soon be incorporated into eyeglasses as well.
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