Facebook has finally added support to 360-degree videos in news feed. You can enjoy 360 degree videos on both website and Android devices. iOS devices will get this feature in coming soon. On desktop, you can use mouse to drag videos around. On mobile devices, you can either drag on screen or move devices to see videos around.
360 degree videos are recorded by special set of cameras to capture the 360 degree view of a scene simultaneously. YouTube already support these kind of videos. Now, you will also enjoy these videos on Facebook. As of now, very few videos are available. One is also embedded in this post below.
This announcement shows that Facebook is pretty serious for its videos. It has already boasted a lot about its videos and trying to take on YouTube. Facebook pages already have a dedicated videos section. Users are also now prefer video upload on Facebook over YouTube. Slowly but effectively, Facebook is doing it right.
Source: Facebook Newsroom
Posted by 360 Videos on Facebook on Tuesday, September 22, 2015
