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April 13, 2016

Facebook to put augmented reality in your glasses

by John_A

On stage at its annual F8 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the social network’s 10 year roadmap. In addition to the company’s dedication to live streaming including a new API so developers can add live streaming to their hardware, he also showed off the company’s thoughts on how AR and VR will affect our lives. He also showed off a pie-in-the-sky pair of AR glasses that you probably won’t be able to pick up from your anytime soon.

On stage Zuckerberg showed video of a two-player VR game of that Facebook is investigating. But it’s more than games, during his keynote presentation he mentioned that while his first steps were saved in a physical baby book, his children might be sharing their kid’s first steps via VR with friends and family.

Still Zuckerberg noted that it’s “going to take a long time to make this work.” But with the Oculus Rift finally shipping and the Gear VR already on the market (and in the hands of developers at the event), Facebook has placed itself in the center of VR future.

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