News for Developers

Celebrating our Facebook Online Hackathon winners!

Thanks to everyone who joined our Facebook Live earlier today, where we announced the winners of our latest Facebook Online Hackathon! For those who haven’t taken part yet, we’ve been running a series of virtual hackathons throughout the year, providing global innovators with opportunities to get immersed in Facebook products and build...

Augmented Reality Platforms

September 24, 2020

Creativity for all: Facebook’s Spark AR now lets anyone build and share effects on Instagram

Today, we’re excited to announce that Facebook’s Spark AR platform is moving out of its Instagram publishing closed beta. Now anyone can create and publish their own Spark AR effects on Instagram. Visit spark.facebook.com to download Spark AR Studio and get started, or join the Spark AR Community Facebook Group to connect with creators, find...

Augmented Reality Platforms

August 13, 2019

OC6 Registration Now Open + Session Preview Available

Oculus Connect 6 applications are now being accepted, and this year’s developer conference is sure to elevate how you design, develop and distribute immersive games and applications. Whether you’re developing consumer-focused VR games or the next immersive enterprise solution, we look forward to sharing these insights with you....

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality

July 31, 2019

Join The 2019 Developer Circles Community Challenge

Today, Developer Circles is kicking off the third annual Developer Circles Community Challenge. Our goal is to bring together developers from across the globe to build software using React360, Spark AR, or HTML5 Games to give people the power to connect with friends and family, build communities, and grow businesses. Developers are invited to...

Augmented Reality Programs

July 9, 2019

OC6 Save The Date: September 25 – 26 in San Jose

September is just around the corner, and with it, OC6 will deliver all of the keynotes, presentations, demos and insights you’ve come to expect from our annual event. This year, mark your calendar for September 25 – 26 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center as we kick off the 6th annual Oculus Connect....

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality

June 20, 2019

Facebook Shares Major Spark AR Studio Update

In 2017, we introduced the world to a powerful AR software suite called AR Studio. Since then, we've worked with a tremendous, global community of creators and developers to help shape and define the Spark AR platform. In fact, since last year's F8, over one billion people have used AR experiences powered by Spark AR. Hundreds of millions of people...

Augmented Reality 2019

April 30, 2019

Introducing New Ways to Bring Immersive Web Content into VR

Today at F8, we introduced several new ways to see, save and experience immersive content in a VR headset or on a smartphone. We’re making it easier for developers and creators to create this immersive content and make it available to millions of people to experience seamlessly across devices. Through WebXR, we’re opening the doors to the next...

Augmented Reality Virtual Reality

April 30, 2019

Camera Effects Platform is now Spark AR

When we launched the Camera Effects Platform, we put the power of augmented reality into the hands of all developers and creators allowing them to reach 1.5 billion people on Facebook. In the last 18 months our community of creators and developers has inspired us by building innovative experiences for the Facebook camera that go beyond...

Augmented Reality Platforms

October 5, 2018

Day 1 of F8 2018: Developer News Roundup

Today, developers, creators and business leaders from around the world gathered in San Jose, California to participate in F8, our annual developer conference, to experience Facebook's new breakthrough technology and explore more ways to bring the world closer together. If you couldn't join us in person, or watch online, don't worry, we got you...

Augmented Reality Business Tools

May 1, 2018