F8 2018

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F8 2018 was the Facebook developers conference in the year G2018. 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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