facebook is to begin supporting virtual reality on its newsfeed, with users able to put on a vr headset and explore a virtual location the social network announced that users will be able to view videos filmed with multiple cameras, and move the viewpoint in order to explore a location the innovation is being showcased at the firm's f8 developers' conference in san francisco under the name teleportation station   a name that was leaked via an app notification this morning scroll down to see a 360 degree video  facebook is hosting two day developers' conference f8, where mrk zuckerberg revealed its vr plans  the company is demonstrating the new video format for attendees at this week's f8 conference by showing off a 24 camera view of the facebook headquarters in menlo park, california on a desktop computer, it is controlled by a mouse 'you're going to be able to put on your oculus headset,' zuckerberg said, 'and view spherical videos there too' the  videos are shot with twenty four cameras working in parallel 'you can move around inside the video,' mark zuckerberg said, 'and view it from different angles' the company is demonstrating the new video format for attendees at this week's f8 conference by showing off a 24 camera view of the facebook headquarters in menlo park, california on a desktop computer, it is controlled by a mouse however,  the company describes its spherical videos as a 'first step' toward even more immersive videos that we'll view through virtual reality headsets like the oculus rift, which straps over your eyes and provide the illusion of stepping inside a digital environment 'you're going to be able to put on your oculus headset,' zuckerberg said, 'and view spherical videos there too' he also announced that users will soon be able to share content from third party apps in their messenger   facebook's instant messaging service 'one of the fastest growing and most important members of our family is messenger,' said mr zuckerberg 'facebook used to be this single blue app and it did a lot of different things, now facebook is a family of apps,' he said 'moving from being a single service to a family of apps is the biggest shift we've made in our strategy in helping connect people' the messenger platform was also launched, allowing developers to build new services into the app, which is used by 600 million users each month mr zuckerberg said it would give users 'more tools for expression' the new platform will give users the chance to communicate directly with businesses, for example to change an order as well as track its delivery the move will allow users to see 360 degree videos using the oculus rift headset (pictured) facebook's david marcus, vice president of messaging products, took to the stage to confirm that apps like espn have already built apps that will now be supported in messenger over 40 apps will be launched in the coming days, he confirmed the initial kit for developers to build their software into messenger will be available from today, though no general release date has yet been confirmed mr marcus also spoke of facebook's desire to revolutionise online shopping by allowing users to receive real time shopping updates via messenger this will start a message thread with the brand a user has shopped with, so they can track and alter an order via an instant message conversation users can then send a thumbs up to confirm an order it will begin rolling out in the 'next few weeks', according to mr marcus 'it's time for us to reinvent how people and business communicate,' he said ilya sukhar, from the social media site's parse department, the area of facebook made for developers, also announced that the social network will begin supporting software development kits (sdks) for the 'internet of things' this is the idea that all a person's smart devices can be connected together, enabling developers to create apps for facebook that can control part of the home facebook is trying to mould its messenger app into a more versatile communications channel as smartphones create new ways for people to connect with friends and businesses beyond the walls of the company's ubiquitous social network to pull it off, facebook is opening messenger so outside programmers can build features tailored for the service messenger will also be adding the ability to display store receipts and shipping information to help consumers keep track of their interactions with merchants and other businesses facebook ceo mark zuckerberg touted the messenger expansion wednesday during his opening speech at a two day conference for developers in san francisco the push to plant more features in messenger underscores the growing importance of apps that enable more intimate and direct conversations than social networks the example of receiving a notification when a garage door is opened was demonstrated on stage the f8 developers' conference, which is being attended by more than 3,000 facebook app developers, is the social network's only major live show of the year the company, which has more than 13 billion monthly users, also unveiled a range of new tools for advertisers, including new analytics tools to monitor ad campaigns 'all of you are the ones building the services that are unleashing this new wave of expression,' said mr zuckerberg, as he returned to the stage 'it's really our honour to serve you and to be on this journey together let's go connect the world,' he said
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facebook recently bought virtual reality headset make oculus  users will be able to explore videos using a vr headset  firm also opened up its messenger app to third parties  revealed new messenger for business aimed at offices  more details of firm's vr plans set to be revealed tomorrow 