Facebook is looking for new ways to increase the creativity of its users. The social networking giant announced later on Thursday, May 12 a new immersive tool to the news feed, allowing you to create pictures in 360 degrees. You can use photographic smartphones and to record all the angles of a room and send the results directly from the Facebook app.
The function is similar to existing video option, where users can also capture all around and share the platform. In addition, Mark Zuckerberg’s company, likewise announced an immersive camera, Surround Facebook 360, whose design is as futuristic as science fiction gadgets. See below:
Facebook Surround 360 is able to capture content at 360 degrees and in three dimensions, creating a new stage in professional sector of photography. Altogether, there are 17 photo sensors that make the news, plus a built-in software that wins the responsibility to gather content captured through all those lenses and render it.
This is a back equipment industry probably being sold for a very high value. Each “eye” could, in theory, to record at resolutions up to 8K, using dynamic streaming, proprietary technology of Facebook, compatible with the Gear VR, Samsung, for example. The gadget, of course, be compatible with the Oculus Rift virtual reality glasses belonging to the social network.
While Facebook Sorround 360 is more interesting for filmmakers and directors, the change that is to come in the Facebook feed, allowing you to create images in 360 degrees, will directly affect all users of the mobile platform and desktop. No word on when the function will debut, but similar choice for videos is active since September last year, 2015, so it is possible that the Facebook team responsible for novelty is working full steam ahead to make this happen as quickly they can. We will continue to follow the news of the social network Mark Zuckerberg, updating the topic if there is any change in the news feed situation.
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