What The Tech? Facebook's new features

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Facebook Spaces beta is now available for Oculus Rift + Touch but Facebook has plans to expand to other virtual reality platforms in the future. 'Pokemon GO, ' developed by Niantic and Nintendo, has generated a massive fan following as players can use AR to capture animated characters that appear in real-time locations.

Facebook is calling developers to apply for access to the closed beta of the platform's AR Studio tool.

Or, Zuckerberg explained at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference on 19 April, "you can add a second coffee mug, so it looks like you're not having breakfast alone".

Simply select one of your Facebook photos to see an array of virtual options for your VR avatar.

Rather than going all-in on the virtual of virtual reality, Facebook is investing time in augmented reality. You hear the person and people engaging in the conversation, but you're seeing them all in a virtual world. Facebook also announces that you will be able to interact with video calls through Facebook Messenger within this "fictional world". Now, this is act two: "giving developers the power to build all kinds of AR tools into the first augmented reality platform, the camera", he continued.

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Aquila internet plane: Expect to hear more about Facebook's Aquila aircraft that's created to bring internet connectivity to remote areas.

"The big takeaway, put simply, is that Facebook has copied Snapchat as far as it can, and now it's going to try and outpace them", said Molly Wood, senior tech correspondent. In October previous year the company announced another $250 million investment in the technology.

They're called "bots" because they're similar to robots. Facebook said it aims to combine a phone directory and Yellow Pages to help Messenger users find relevant contacts and businesses.

"Think about how numerous things you use don't actually need to be physical", Mark Zuckerberg Told Recode where he also talked about his broader AR vision, which includes AR glasses. Here are just three important new features set to change your Facebook experience. Developers can apply to have their bot in the curated tab, which has started rolling out to users in the US.

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