Live 360-degree videos are coming to Facebook

In its never-ending quest to become the main destination to watch online video, Facebook has announced it'll launch live 360-degree videos.

The new video format is simply called "Live 360" and launches on Tuesday. For its debut, Facebook's teaming up with National Geographic for a special live 360-degree experience from the Mars Desert Research facility in Utah.

The Live 360 video broadcast will let viewers watch eight scientists emerge from pods that they've been living in for the past 80 days. The experiment was created to simulate life on Mars and give scientists insight on the tolls of being isolated from humans for an extended period of time. Read more...