Facebook Launches Live Video Feature 360 Degree to Compete with YouTube


Over the past year, Facebook tried to continue to deliver new technologies to support the features of their video. That is why in August 2015 ago they launched the live video feature Facebook Live, which is then followed by the presence of features 360 degree video in September 2015.

On December 12, 2016 yesterday, Facebook also announced that they have brought together both the latest technology to bring the feature to broadcast live video 360 degrees. As a first step, they are also working with National Geographic to present a live broadcast of the study site in Utah, USA, is deliberately similar to the conditions on the planet Mars.

Step up is like being the answer to YouTube launched a similar feature in the last month of April 2016. The Google-owned video platform has even been included live broadcasts for their 360 degree video with spatial audio technology, so that the intensity of the sound you hear will change when you change the viewing position.

This feature is currently live broadcast video 360 degrees owned Facebook has not been able to support spatial audio and picture resolution of 4K.

360 feature called Live video will be available for a specific Facebook Page within the next few months, and can be accessed via the API Facebook Live. Facebook also plans to bring the feature to more users in the year 2017.

Facebook recommend the prospective video makers to create live video using some of the 360 ​​degree video recording device that is already available, such as Nokia Ozo, Freedom360 Broadcaster, Giroptic iO, Insta360 Nano, and Ricoh Theta S.

The presence of these features make the position clear Facebook is now just behind YouTube in terms of video technology, while making them much better when compared with the direct broadcast service belongs to Twitter, the Periscope.

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