virtual

2015-09-15

Facebook’s working on an app that may bring virtual reality to phones

Facebook plans to bring virtual reality (VR) to your phones. The social network is working on a stand-alone video app that will support 360-degree or “spherical” videos. The format, typically compiled from multiple cameras, will allow users to change their viewing perspective by merely tilting their phones. Though in its early stages, the app, when released, is likely to work on many platforms including Apple devices & Android.

Reports: Fortune, WSAV-TV, Gigaom

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2015-09-08

Here’s Baidu’s answer to Siri, FB Messenger’s M…the virtual assistant tribe is growing

It was only a few days ago that we told our readers about how very soon, Internet & smartphone users may end up talking only to digital assistants & not human beings. Soon after Facebook announced M — its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered personal assistant inside the Messenger chat app, China’s Internet search giant Baidu on Tuesday unveiled something similar in Beijing.

Reports: VentureBeat, CNBC, Motley Fool

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