上周二，Facebook在每年一度的F8開發者大會上描繪了理想中的未來，順便介紹了一些新工具和新功能。

增強現實

周二Facebook首席執行官馬克?扎克伯格一走上大會講臺，就首先強調相機將變成社交中與朋友交流的重要工具。所以鼓勵開發者為Facebook打造帶有全新增強現實濾鏡的相機，很快會開始啟動測試版。最終會上線數十種增強現實濾鏡，例如面具、相框等等，在Facebook應用的相機中都能找到。

根據Facebook提供的測試版，濾鏡可以跟隨畫面移動，而且能根據畫面內容自動調整。舉例來說，用戶可以將一張房間的照片修改成放滿糖果，也能在麥片碗旁邊加上一條游水的鯊魚。

Facebook稱增強現實平臺會不斷改進，以后人們可以在餐館給朋友留虛擬便條，也可以在墻上繪制虛擬作品，只有通過手機才能看到。

Facebook將推出相關軟件幫助開發者搭建增強現實應用，軟件名叫增強現實工作室。扎克伯格還半開玩笑地說，全公司的命運都看增強現實，還宣布“最終”會應用在眼鏡中。

Facebook空間

自從2014年Facebook斥資20億美元收購了虛擬現實公司Oculus VR，扎克伯格就一直表示虛擬現實是社交互動的未來。本周二Facebook邁出了重要一步——推出新應用Facebook空間，用戶可以跟朋友共同進入虛擬世界。

本周二Facebook空間上線測試版，用戶可以創建虛擬形象，在虛擬現實中跟朋友聊天互動。Facebook可以通過用戶照片生成虛擬形象，也可以根據個人喜好修改。互動時用戶可以繪制虛擬標記，觀看360度全景視頻，也可以通過聊天客戶端呼朋喚友。

聊天室新功能

Facebook聊天室開發平臺放開后，聊天插件越來越多，但尋找新插件還是有點不便。最新解決方法是在主頁添加“發現”標簽，點進去可以看到插件分類，最近使用，流行插件以及搜索框等。

Facebook也在發力拓展聊天室功能，今后可以支持多人同時對接第三方應用或處理事務。舉個例子，如今用戶可以向聊天窗口轉發Spotify里的音樂，實現同步收聽。

2015年以來，Facebook一直在測試虛擬助手M，如今終于要應用在聊天應用里。現在聊天時提到吃東西， M會建議去Delivery.com下單。就在此前不久，Facebook剛宣布將在聊天室中加入M助手，支持相關聊天標簽和其他功能。

中國的微信軟件里，用戶與商家的大量互動通過二維碼完成，Facebook希望自家聊天平臺也能實現類似效果。Facebook推出新二維碼功能，用戶用手機掃碼之后可以了解更多活動內容。

開發生態圈

Facebook希望通過全新的開發生態能吸引新一代應用開發者。新平臺向所有開發者免費提供，完全開放，而且很適合相互協作和分享知識。本地開發者可以負責當地圈子，組織線下活動并管理當地的Facebook工作組。此外Facebook也在努力吸引學生和經驗豐富的程序員，將與優達學城合作為開發者生態圈提供定制培訓項目。（財富中文網）

本文首發于Time.com

譯者：Pessy

審稿：夏林

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Facebook laid out its vision for the future Tuesday, revealing new tools and features during its annual F8 developers conference.

Augmented reality

When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off Tuesday's conference, he emphasized that the camera would play a larger role in how people interact with friends on the social network. Facebook is encouraging developers to build new augmented reality camera effects for Facebook, which will be launching in a closed beta starting immediately. Eventually, dozens of AR-powered effects, like masks and frames, will be available within the Facebook app's camera.

Based on the company's demo, these photo effects will be able to move and adjust based on what the camera is pointing at. Users could fill a photo of a room with candy, for instance, or put swimming sharks around an image of a cereal bowl.

Facebook says its AR platform will eventually make it possible to leave a virtual note

for a friend at a restaurant or create artwork that appears on a building wall when looking at it with your phone.

Facebook will be launching software to help developers create such experiences called AR Studio. Zuckerberg also teased the company's ultimate goal with AR, saying yet again the tech will "eventually" be implemented in glasses.

Facebook Spaces

Ever since Facebook acquired virtual reality firm Oculus VR for $2 billion in 2014, Zuckerberg has said that he sees VR as the future of social interaction. Facebook unveiled its first major step in that direction on Tuesday with Facebook Spaces, an app that makes it possible to spend time with friends in virtual reality.

Through the app, which launches in beta on Tuesday, users can create a digital avatar, then chat and interact with friends in VR. Facebook will generate an avatar based on your photos, which you can customize. During these hangouts, participants can draw with virtual markers, watch 360-degree videos, and call other friends through Messenger.

New Messenger features

Facebook's selection of chat bots has quickly grown since the company opened its Messenger platform to developers, but there hasn't been an easy way to find new bots. Facebook is addressing that issue by adding a new Discover tab accessible from the home screen. Here, Messenger will offer categories, recently used bots, trending bots, and a search field.

Facebook is also building chat extensions into Messenger, which make it possible for more than one person to interact with a third party app or business at the same time. For example, Messenger users will now be able to drop songs from Spotify into a thread so that they can all listen to the same track.

Facebook has been experimenting with its M virtual assistant since 2015, and now it's finally bringing some of that intelligence to its chat app. When talking about what to grab for dinner in Messenger, M will now be able to suggest placing an order through Delivery.com. The announcement comes after Facebook recently announced that M will be coming to Messenger to serve up relevant stickers and perform other functions.

QR codes have become a large part of the way WeChat users interact with brands in China, and Facebook is betting some of that interest will translate to its own communication platform. The company is rolling out new QR codes that makes it possible to learn more about events in the real world by scanning them with your phone.

Developer Circles

Facebook is hoping to make its platform attractive for the next generation of app creators through its new Developer Circles initiative. The program is free an open to any developer, and will function as a forum for collaborating and sharing knowledge. Local developers will lead each circle by organizing offline events and managing a Facebook Group for that specific region. The company is pushing it as an opportunity for students and experienced coders alike. Facebook will also partner with Udacity to create custom training programs for Developer Circles.

This article originally appeared at Time.com