Today on stage at the Oculus’ Connect conference,
Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated a new social
VR experience that overlays avatars of friends
who are elsewhere into you VR environment
so you can hang out together.
Inside this social VR experience you can dive
into 360 photos and the avatars of your friends
will appear as if they are hanging out with
you.
There, you can play games like chess or cards,
have a sword fight, or watch a giant TV screen
together.
You can even take a phone call inside Facebook
Messenger, or take a VR selfie and instantly
share it to Facebook.
Inside this VR experience, You can express
your emotions to friends through sentiment
analysis of your voice or by inputting commands
into the Oculus Touch controllers.
The experience demoed today shows the potential
for human connection in VR powered by Facebook
and Oculus.
That could become an important differentiator
in a crowded market for headsets.
Zuckerberg has been pointing to the social
networking potential of VR since Facebook
acquired Oculus, saying “This is really
a new communication platform.
By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded
spaces and experiences with the people in
your life.
Imagine sharing not just moments with your
friends online, but entire experiences and
adventures.”
