The company Facebook has integrated virtual reality to your social network

Since the beginning of 2014, mark Zuckerberg has bought Oculus, many were eagerly waiting for the world leader in the field of social networks realizes the possibility of VR communication between people inside virtual reality. Last year the head of Facebook on their VR plans. It was then that we learned that development is in service Spaces, which is a virtual space for communication and entertainment from a few friends. And yesterday, finally, the service is working.

"spending time together with family and friends is a very important part of our lives. But very often we simply physically unable to be with loved ones. And here again we come to the aid of the magical virtual reality technology. Today we present to your attention of service of Facebook Spaces – new VR-app with which you will be able to have fun with their friends in a virtual space as if you are with them in the same room. Now you can download this app from the store Oculus Store."

Of Course, while the service is in beta version and works only if you have a helmet and controller Oculus Touch. Service Spaces allows each user to create a unique 3D avatar in a funny cartoon style, and then invite to join you for some friends. You will be able to communicate with each other, to call a mutual friend through Facebook Messenger, listen to music, draw different objects in three-dimensional space, to view movies and even take photos with virtual selfie stick. The creators of the Spaces claim that at the moment the service has been developed in only 1% of its planned capacity.

"It's incredibly easy to create an avatar depicting you inside Facebook Spaces. This makes communication inside virtual reality more realistic. Simply select one of your photos in Facebook, the service will offer you several options of looks for your future avatar. The resulting workpiece is then you can tune according to their desires."

Of Course, all this sounds great, if not one "but" — the high cost of the Oculus Rift headset and additional accessories for her. Official figures on the sales of its VR helmet company Facebook has never published, but experts suggest that for all the time they were sold between 250 to 400 thousand. In one experts are 100% sure the Facebook is lagging in third place behind HTC Vive VR and PlayStation. Headset Japanese manufacturer, for example, sold significantly better than both of its competitors taken together.