3D photos on Facebook

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Facebook has recently announced that it has started rolling out 3D photos. Both in the news feed and with virtual reality headsets, 3D photos can bring a scene to life by adding facets of depth and movement.

After taking a photo in portrait mode on a compatible smartphone, you can share that 3D photo on Facebook so viewers can scroll, pan and tilt as they look at it. It's like looking through a window, says Facebook.

The technology uses the depth map data stored in portrait mode, created with the iPhone 7+, 8+, X and XS. There has been no mention of support for Google's dual-pixel Portrait mode photos taken with the Pixel range.

Here's a short video about creating 3D photos for Facebook:

This feature is also less advanced than the 3D world reconstructions that Facebook already built in in May 2018 (see the video below).

There has not yet been any word on whether and when we will see these become available through Facebook.

3D photos should now be visible online and in VR. The ability to create and share them will be rolled out to all users over the coming period.

Source: PetaPixel

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