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Monday, February 22, 2016

Facebook brings 360 streaming video to Samsung Gear VR and invests in ‘Social VR’

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Facebook’s continued fascination with VR reached new heights today, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke of the company’s new initiatives in VR onstage at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Specifically, he talked about the increased effort towards bringing a ‘Social VR’ experience to the platform, with a partnership from the Korean hardware manufacturer. In an accompanying blog post, the company said that it would bring its new streaming 360 video to the Samsung Gear VR. Sharing that “millions” of people are already interacting with the more than 20,000 360 videos already available on the platform,…

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