Facebook introduces new 360-degree videos
Does watching 360-degree videos of a friend’s recent holiday excite you? Facebook has made your dream come true! It has introduced 360-degree video on its Newsfeed .
There are a number of publishers sharing new 360 videos on Facebook today, including Star Wars, Discovery, GoPro, LeBron James & Uninterrupted, NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and VICE. These videos also show a range of possibilities with this new medium. For example, Disney and Lucasfilm are debuting an exclusive 360 experience from its upcoming movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens, bringing fans inside the beloved Star Wars universe.
Watch the demo of Facebook's new 360 videos:
There’s also a whole world of video creators and storytellers who are at the cutting edge of exploring this medium, and over the coming days they too will be able to upload their 360 videos to Facebook. If you’re using Facebook on the web or on Android, you should be able to see 360 videos in News Feed soon. It is also planning to introduce this feature for iOS users latest by 2016.