What is Facebook Spaces and how can I use it? The Future of Virtual Reality is Finally Here

What is Facebook Spaces and how can I use it? The Future of Virtual Reality is Finally Here: Facebook Spaces is a virtual reality (VR) app developed by Facebook that lets you invite and interact with up to 3 of your Facebook friends using a VR device. Right now, you can download Facebook Spaces in the Oculus Store to use with your Oculus Rift and Touch controllers. Once you open Facebook Spaces in VR, you’ll be asked to take off your headset and log into your Facebook account.

Interacting in Your Space

What is Facebook Spaces and how can I use it? The Future of Virtual Reality is Finally Here

When you open Facebook Spaces, you’ll join your own private space with an interactive dock in the center of the table. From here, you can do the following things by pointing with your index finger and tapping the following options on the dock:

  •  Media: Tap to view photos and videos in your space. Once selected, you can browse media from the following locations:
    • Saved: Photos and videos you’ve saved on Facebook.
    • Timeline: Photos and videos you’ve created and shared.
    • Following: Photos and videos shared by friends and pages you follow.
    • Explore: 360 photos and videos suggested for you.
  •  Tools: Tap to use the following tools:
    • Mirror: Use to check out how you look in VR.
    • Marker: Use to draw pictures that you can duplicate or save to look at later.
    • Selfie Stick: Use to take photos of yourself or report a bug.
  •  Friends: Tap to invite your Facebook friends to your space or give them a Messenger video call in VR.
  •  Appearance: Tap to create or edit how you look in VR.
  •  Drawings: Tap to view the drawings you’ve saved.
  •  Settings: Tap to adjust your settings.
  •  Move: Tap to move around the table in your space.

Creating / Customizing Your Look in VR


You can choose from recently tagged photos of yourself on Facebook to help create your look in VR that your friends will see in your space or when you make a Messenger call in VR.

To create or customize your look in VR:

  1. Use your index finder to tap  Appearance on your dock.
  2. Reach out and use the grip trigger on your Touch controller to grab one of your photos and then tap the look you like.
  3. Customize your look by tapping the facial feature you want to change in your reflection.

Once you create your look in VR, you can pick up the 2 folders on the table to customize the color of your shirt or add glasses.

Joining and Leaving a Space

If one of your Facebook friends is using Facebook Spaces, you can invite them to join your space or you can request to join theirs. You can only invite or join the spaces of people you’re friends with on Facebook.

To invite or request to join a space:

  1. Use your index finder to tap  Friends on your dock.
  2. Below Active in Facebook Spaces, tap the friend you want to hangout with.
  3. Tap  Invite to invite your friend to your space or  Request to Join to join their space. To leave a space you’ve joined, tap  Leave on your dock.

When you receive an invite request, rotate your left wrist towards you to accept or deny.

Adjusting Your Settings

You can adjust your settings by tapping Settings on your dock. From here, you can adjust the following things:

  • Reset Personal Space: Tap Reset to reset your space to its original settings. All drawings or content will be removed.
  • Adjust Table Position: Tap Adjust and then grab the handle on the table to raise or lower it. When you’re finished, tap OK.
  • Remember Account: Using this setting will remember your account so you don’t have to enter your login info the next time you use Facebook Spaces.
  • Log Out: Tap Log Out to log out of the current account.

You can also recenter your table by rotating your right wrist away from you and tapping .

Reporting a Bug

If something isn’t working with Facebook Spaces, you can report a bug. Keep in mind Facebook won’t respond to bug reports, so we won’t be able to troubleshoot your issue.

To report a bug:

  1. Take off your headset and click Report Bug in the bottom right
  2. Below Description, tell us about your problem
  3. Click Submit

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