Virtual reality (VR) today lets us explore digitally created worlds and interact with friends, while augmented reality (AR) lets us create and share new experiences, primarily through our mobile phones. Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) researchers are pushing the state of the art forward in both VR and AR. This work will ultimately help us seamlessly overlay virtual objects on top of the real world and enhance our experience of daily life. We believe that future will be delivered in the form of lightweight, all-day wearable AR glasses.

Today at Oculus Connect 6, our annual conference bringing together the VR and AR community, we revealed the next wave of innovations from FRL, from mapping technologies to incredibly accurate full-body virtual avatars. These advancements from FRL bring the possibility of that AR-powered future one step closer to reality.

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