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08-11-2016, 12:30 AM
Facebook can **w give you a 'guided tour' of 360-videos
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Facebook is making its 360-degree videos more immersive and easier to navigate.
The social network introduced a new "guide" feature that allows users to highlight specific portions of the video before posting it. The feature launched alongside a bigger update to Facebook's publisher tools, which included a set of new features that allow page owners to see more detailed stats around how their readers are interacting with their video content.
SEE ALSO: Facebook to publishers: Stop posting clickbait (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/facebook-news-feed-clickbait/)
The new guide feature for 360-degree videos (http://mashable.com/2016/06/09/facebook-360-photo/), which you can see in action in the video below, is meant to make it easier for people viewing the clips to find the most interesting parts. Unlike viewing in a 360-degree video in a headset, watching the spherical clips on the web may be less intuitive for users.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/facebook-360-video-guide/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Facebook is making its 360-degree videos more immersive and easier to navigate.
The social network introduced a new "guide" feature that allows users to highlight specific portions of the video before posting it. The feature launched alongside a bigger update to Facebook's publisher tools, which included a set of new features that allow page owners to see more detailed stats around how their readers are interacting with their video content.
SEE ALSO: Facebook to publishers: Stop posting clickbait (http://mashable.com/2016/08/04/facebook-news-feed-clickbait/)
The new guide feature for 360-degree videos (http://mashable.com/2016/06/09/facebook-360-photo/), which you can see in action in the video below, is meant to make it easier for people viewing the clips to find the most interesting parts. Unlike viewing in a 360-degree video in a headset, watching the spherical clips on the web may be less intuitive for users.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/facebook-360-video-guide/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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