Facebook is considerably expanding its capabilities in the latest technologies and developing newer products that will help it build sustainability in the tech market. The latest in the league is the Operating system which will help Facebook get rid of its dependency on the Android platform by Google.
Facebook developing OS to work with AR Glasses and VR Headsets
Augmented Reality technology is going to be a hot selling cake in the next era, and thus the company is investing in it.
Facebook is also looking to create its hardware gear like headsets. As per Andrew Bosworth, Facebook does not trust the rival companies to leave space in the future as the social media platform giant is looking for expanding its reach in the AR and VR.
Facebook Reality Labs is working on Human codec Avatars
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The Facebook Reality Labs has detailed that it is working on the Full Body Codec Avatars that can help render an ultra-realistic representation of a human head. It can also give facial expressions and gestures using the sensors embedded on a VR headset. The lab is trying to create a full-body VR representation.
Various video demonstrations indicate that Facebook is moving ahead with its AR and VR technology development. The FRL Research Science Director Yaser Sheikh said that it is working towards Digital representation of a human being through codec avatar. He said,
“We build these to look like us, move like us, sound like us, and the purpose of it is to be able to connect people across distances,”
Facebook Innovating VR Video Conferencing
Facebook is also creating a prototype of the VR Video Conferencing system and creating a probable scope of all the things needed for holding a VR meeting continuously with more than a few participants.
Facebooks Hardware Goals
Facebook’s acquisition of CTRL Labs has also heightened its ambitious brain-computer interfaces. CTRL-Labs is also joining Facebook’s research labs. Bosworth detailed on the company’s vision for “a wristband that lets people control their devices as a natural extension of the movement.”