Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg turned up on stage at the Samsung GalaxyUnpacked event to confirm a couple of things Facebook related, and to pledge his support for the Samsung Gear VR. The headset for the Galaxy line of smartphones is partly powered by Oculus, which is owned by Facebook, and is a good gateway product to the more advanced Oculus Rift that goes on sale in the next couple of months.
Excited by the prospect of 360 video and the chance for more people to watch it, especially on Facebook, the company has created a new "Social VR team" at Facebook that will focus entirely on exploring the future of social interaction in VR.
According to Zuckerberg, this team will explore how people can connect and share using today's VR technology, as well as long-term possibilites as VR evolves into an increasingly important computing platform. They'll also work closely with Oculus and other teams at Facebook to build the foundation for tomorrow's social VR experiences on all platforms, according to the CEO.
In related news, the founder of Facebook also confirmed that Minecraft would be coming to the VR platform.
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