The Future of Sharing on Facebook: Virtual Reality, Messenger as Platform

The future of Facebook communication: spherical video, virtual reality — and cute puppy GIFs.

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In the early days of Facebook, when it was still a network for college students, communication was primarily via text (and the odd thrown sheep via SuperPoke).

Over the next few years, communication on Facebook has evolved to include photo and video. The next step? Virtual reality.

In front of a packed house for Facebook’s f8 Developers Conference at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined the future of communication on the site — one that includes virtual reality, talking with brands directly for customer service and faster sending of custom GIFs.

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