Facebook launched yesterday a new function for those who take pictures and publish them within the social network used by 2 billion people on the planet. We are talking about a new function that is related to the 360-degree photos taken by the users of the social network Facebook, these being now displayed in a correct way in the news feeds of the users who see them on the network.
Facebook has been allowing the publication of 360-degree photos since last year, and they can be seen since then by rotating our terminals. The 360-degree images could be seen even easier and better using virtual reality headsets, those from Facebook also offering support for these types of gadgets, and the change announced yesterday will improve the user experience even more.
Facebook announced yesterday that it will use artificial intelligence to correctly arrange photos recorded in a wrong orientation at 360 degrees. Those from Facebook claim that pictures of this kind recorded in the wrong orientation cannot be seen correctly, regardless of where they are viewed, so now the company's artificial intelligence will solve the problem automatically.
Facebook - the new function for taking pictures
Facebook says the biggest changes will be visible to those using virtual reality headsets to view 360-degree photos. Facebook puts a lot of emphasis on the artificial intelligence it has developed for its social network, it follows all the actions done by us on the network to try to better guess our needs and meet them.
Facebook created this new functionality based on a technology developed in 2012, but improved in the meantime and integrated into its neural system. Those at Facebook have been testing this system for some time and intend to officially launch it in the next period for everyone, but of course it will take some time for its propagation to all users who take such pictures.
Facebook puts a lot of emphasis on virtual reality, just as Apple puts on augmented reality, buying the company Oculus especially for this purpose. Through Oculus, Facebook also sells headsets for virtual reality, at prices that are quite affordable for most people willing to test new technologies, so it makes every effort to try to convince the world to accept virtual reality.