Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shares 360 degree video of Mars’ surface

The video was created using Facebook’s 360 VR technology on the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp, and show the steep Namib sand dunes.

Mark Zuckerberg re-shared a Facebook 360 degree video of surface of Mars taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover. The Facebook CEO termd the video as ‘neat’ and went on to say that it feels like you’re actually on the planet.

The video was created using Facebook’s 360 VR technology. It was shot on the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp, and show the steep Namib sand dunes, reports Mashable. It was produced by stitching together 57 separate photos. Several angles in the video can be explored by swiping fingers through it on a smartphone or simply moving the cursor of a mouse.

“This is just the beginning of what we can do with virtual reality and 360 video. Pretty amazing.” Zuckerberg said. Here is his full post-