In about 24 hours, Mark Zuckerberg will take the stage at Facebook's annual developer conference, F8. In his many updates about the company he'll no doubt bring us up to speed on Facebook's progress in social VR.
You know, social VR? Socializing in virtual reality? You might remember it as that thing where a Zuck gets to pretend he's a cartoon version of Justin Timberlake and snap photos with virtual selfie sticks.
More generally, social VR involves putting on a headset not unlike Facebook's own Oculus Rift, connecting to a network, and interacting with other people who could be in the same room or on the other side of the world. You're all represented by avatars, and you can shape the environment however you want — from the conventional (a virtual café) to the sublime (outer space). Read more...
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