Today Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will “soon” support “spherical” 360-degree videos in its Newsfeed.
In addition, Zuck says Facebook will bring these spherical videos to Oculus VR.
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Facebook shared the news above during its F8 developer conference at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.
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