Facebook says it has to solve hardware and software challenges, but “we’re encouraged by our progress to date, and we’re excited to continue building VR technology that gives people new ways to connect and share”.
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Given this is the third consecutive year Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has appeared at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, his evening keynote session is no longer a case of Daniel walking into the lion’s den.
Making a strong pitch for more competition in offering Internet services, Vodafone Group chief Vittorio Colao has spoken his mind on Facebook’s Free Basics, saying it was helping just “one dominant player” in India.
Zuckerberg also stated that more than half of the world’s population (more than 4 billion people) does not have internet access.
Facebook was ready to assist its network operators to deliver enough data to consumers, also indicating more of the industry’s demand. He said that every nation is different and those models that would work out in one country would not work in another country.
Backing Net neutrality, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had barred operators from charging different rates for Internet access based on content, dealing a blow to Facebook’s controversial Free Basics and other such plans. Slideshow is essentially a series of stills of a marketer’s choosing – they can be photographs or stills from a video ad – that are meant to render well when video can’t.
For Mark, the decision of India in blocking the Free Basics program was disappointing.
5G, shorthand for speedy new “fifth generation” of wireless networks that telecoms like AT&T and Verizon are just starting to test, will play a role in connecting the next generations of Internet users – from mobile phones to virtual reality, a key part of Facebook’s longterm strategy. Mr. Zuckerberg made an appearance Sunday night at Samsung’s conference announcement. “We believe in encryption”, Zuckerberg said, according to Recode. This Facebook team will work in conjunction with the VR team of Samsung and Oculus in order to explore the future of social interactions in Virtual reality.
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In expressing support for Apple in the ongoing encryption scuffle between the tech company and the Justice Department, Zuckerberg said: “I expect it’s not the right thing to try to block that from the mainstream products people want to use”.
