Connecting the world
summary
Facebook lays out a 10-year plan: connect 2.5 billion unconnected people using Amos 6 satellite with uat and spacecom for sparse regions and a solar, high-altitude Aquila aircraft (142 ft wingspan, ~800–900 lb, months aloft at 60–90k ft) that uses laser and RF links to form backbone with lab demos showing tens of gigabits lab laser link ~10x current options. AI work includes Memory Networks for language, new image segmentation (NIPS), Visual Q&A demos, a block-stability predictor ~90% accurate, M assistant in Messenger, and Oculus VR with Gear $99, Rift, and Touch hand controllers.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction to Facebook's vision
- 1:26Connecting the unconnected world
- 4:41High-altitude internet aircraft demo
- 7:09AI challenges with massive data
- 8:13Memory Networks for reasoning
- 9:15Image segmentation breakthrough
- 10:17Visual Q&A for accessibility
- 12:04Predicting physical outcomes
- 13:47AI-powered assistant M
- 14:07Evolution of virtual reality
- 15:10Oculus Touch interaction demo
- 16:35Future of immersive VR
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