Mark Zuckerberg confirmed during Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit Wednesday that Facebook is indeed pursuing researches on augmented reality.
"Yeah... [But] it's a bit farther out," the Facebook CEO replied when asked about working on augmented reality, Mashable reported.
The social networking site's interest in virtual reality was made clear when it bought Oculus VR last year.
Facebook's Michael Abrash said that virtual reality is already here, but augmented reality still present problems that need more time before it is completely figured out and made as readily available as virtual reality.
"It's very interesting; it's something we'd all use if it worked well. It's kind of seamless. Maybe it'll be contacts [or glasses]. You'll have something on and it'll be VR and AR as you choose. But right now the VR tech is past the knee of the curve. For AR, it's harder. There are a whole host of challenges - how you do the optics and displays and get photos onto the eyes, how you have something that's socially acceptable and comfortable all day. I think VR is here now, I think AR will be here, but it's a long road to get there," Abrash said, according to Tech Crunch.
No word yet as to when Facebook's works on augmented reality would be made public. Microsoft, on the other hand, has gone ahead and introduced its take on augmented reality with its new and improved HoloLens, Ubergizmo reported.
