The future of Facebook's VR push is out now: a new way to hang with friends, virtually

The newest virtual reality application from Facebook is a long time coming: Facebook Spaces, a new application that enables much of Facebook's service within virtual reality.

What does that mean in practice? It means virtual avatars!

You can invite up to three Facebook friends while using Facebook Spaces - those three friends have to own Oculus Rift headsets as well, the VR headset that Facebook makes. You can even interact with people in Facebook Messenger directly within Spaces.

Spaces is available today, in beta mode, in the early access section of the Oculus Home storefront.

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