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Now you can post 360-degree photos on Facebook straight from iOS camera app — 9to5Mac

It wasn’t that long ago when creating 360-degree photos that you could share with others online required special camera kit, and you had to post them on websites that supported the feature. It’s since got much easier, and as of the latest update to the iOS Facebook app, you don’t need anything more than your iPhone……
YouTube shows off dedicated VR app for Daydream platform — TechCrunch

Google has been slowly building virtual reality-focused functionality into the YouTube app over the past year with support for 360-degree video formats, stereoscopic video, 3D audio and general Google Cardboard support. Today, YouTube, the “world’s largest collection of VR videos,” teased a complete VR-centered design that will be coming to Daydream-enabled phones. The… Read More via…
The crappy 360-degree videos you’re seeing on Facebook are giving virtual reality a bad name — Quartz

Many are declaring 2016 to be the year of virtual reality. There are multiple virtual reality headsets rolling out this year, and Samsung gave away its Gear VR headset to anyone that preordered its newest smartphones. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, which owns VR company Oculus, thinks we’ll all be wearing VR headsets at… via…

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