Saturday, January 23, 2016

Facebook develops complex encoding techniques for 360-degree video and VR


It should come as little surprise that Facebook is at the forefront of the 360-degree video push, what with its acquisition of Oculus VR and all. The social network added support for 360-degree spherical videos in its News Feed last September and has continuously worked to optimize the new format.


As Facebook software engineer David Pio explains, 360-degree video and VR present a unique set of complex engineering challenges. Specifically, Facebook had to find ways to remedy warping and keep file sizes…



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Facebook develops complex encoding techniques for 360-degree video and VR

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