Facebook massively boosts 360 virutal reality video resolution

Facebook's big plans for the future of social VR are finally coming into focus.

In the two years since Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2 billion, the company has been busy. It collaborated with Samsung on the popular Gear VR headset (which needs a Samsung Galaxy Phone to work) and ported 360 videos to the Gear VR.

Last year, the company hired Mike Booth, a former game director at Blizzard Entertainment and game designer at Valve, to run its Social VR initiative.

Now the company is raising the virtual reality bar on both the personnel and technical side. Read more...