F8 2018

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F8 2018 was the Facebook developers conference in the year +2018. The keynote was almost entirely full of bunk.

It was held at the San Jose Convention Center (Also known as the McEnery Convention Center).

It was scheduled for May 1 and May 2.[1]

The beginning of the event was focused on Facebook's classical business, focused on smartphones.

F8 2018 was a clone or riff of Apple's WWDC events.

AR and VR[edit]

It was announced that Facebook Messenger would have augmented reality features.[2]

VR was spoken about at the end of the first day's keynote.[2] Hugo Barra was the speaker at the end.

Hugo Barra announced that facebook was partnering with Xiaomi, a chinese company, on the Oculus Go.

A new version of oculus rooms was announced. Oculus TV was announced. Oculus venues was announced.[2]

References[edit]

  1. "Day 1 of F8 2018: Developer News Roundup". 2018-05-01. https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2018/05/01/day-one-f8-developer-news-roundup/.
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