Facebook launches Facebook Spaces, Camera Effects Platform, Messenger bot discovery at F8

Today at Facebook’s F8 developer conference, the company announced its new Facebook Spaces virtual reality meeting place, a “Camera Effects Platform” allowing anyone to create filters for Facebook Camera and an improved way for people on Messenger to discover bots.

Facebook Messenger makes chatbots easier to find and use with new Discover tab, Chat Extensions is our detailed story on the bot discovery announcement.

For more about Facebook Spaces, which allows people with Oculus Rift headsets to meet in VR, see Facebook’s announcement here and also visit the Facebook Spaces site.

As for the new Camera Effects Platform, see Facebook’s announcement here.

Video of today’s keynote, where all this news was shared, can be found here. Below, our live blog also gives a rundown:

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