Internet for everyone

According to the Facebook founder, the planet should be more open to communication. The team of the social network and M. Zuckerberg see it as their mission to connect all the people of the Earth to the network. M. Zuckerberg believes that there are 3 problems that prevent citizens from connecting to the World Wide Web: the lack of suitable infrastructure, high fees, and the reluctance to use the Internet by personal convictions.

Aquila

Currently, over 4 billion people do not have access to the Internet, so Facebook is developing unmanned aircraft powered by solar energy. Such devices are able to transmit the Internet signal to regions where the network is not conducted. Aquila is a project that provides for the creation of drones for the transmission of the Internet signal. The first such device was tested on June 28, 2016. It stayed in the air for 90 minutes. The data transfer speed with its help can reach tens of gigabits per second, notes M. Zuckerberg.

Terragraph

This year, Facebook presented its new development - Terragraph. It is a multi-nodal wireless system that provides citizens with access to a network in populous cities. Terragraph will increase the throughput of existing fiber-optic networks, stresses M. Zuckerberg.

Free Basics

Free Basics allows you to access a number of Internet services without payment. FB already operates in 42 countries. More than 25 million people use this development. In the future, Facebook plans to distribute Free Basics in new countries, particularly in India, where about a billion people do not have access to the Internet.

Artificial Intelligence

In January this year, the Facebook founder announced his intention to create an artificial intelligence (AI) system. At the moment, the entrepreneur is ready to demonstrate his assistant's demo. M. Zuckerberg is sure that in the future AI will be used in two areas: pattern recognition and training. He believes that this will improve the quality of life provided control of such systems.

Bots

The Facebook team started creating bots because of the popularity of the social network among companies. M. Zuckerberg notes that businessmen use Facebook as the main communication channel. Bots will help to respond faster to messages, the businessman is sure. The company followed the path of automating the answers, stresses M. Zuckerberg.

Virtual reality

M. Zuckerberg said that virtual reality is the most significant direction for the company. Virtual reality technologies cover a huge number of inhabitants of the globe and allow them to solve communication issues. According to the businessman, these technologies are ready for use, but they need to be improved. Augmented reality is still under development, notes the creator of Facebook. He is confident that in 10 years the technology of augmented reality will reach a high level.