While the recently held Facebook F8 conference may have been aimed at young people, who help in keeping this popular social media network pulsating, several important announcements were made at the event that are expected to impact everyday life.

According to Tech Rader, the two-day keynote devoted to virtual reality was possibly the most important aspect of this year's F8 conference. As Facebook had already acquired Oculus one year back, it was time for Mark Zuckerberg and his associates to allow the Rift maker to take center stage before the developer crowd.

Apart from the virtual reality (VR), there was much talk about Messenger as well as Facebook's plans to replace the text messages and email of the service. Irrespective of whether the user loves it or hates it, Facebook is determined to undertake notable changes to Messenger.

Perhaps Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer made the biggest disclosure at this year's developer conference when he loosely announced that virtual reality will arrive in 2015.

Although Schroepfer did not precisely say that it will be the Oculus Rift, users will have to wait to find out what it will be. However, it can safely be said that he was referring to the VR headgear, as Facebook owns Oculus.

At the same time, it confirms the statement of Oculus founder Palmer Luckey that Rift will be released this year. Earlier, Oculus CTO John Carmack had suggested that Gear VR might be coming to the Galaxy S6 and will also be released at the end of this year. Consequently, it should be a sort of pressure on Rift to come out in time to be able to compete.

The other momentous news that came out of F8 conference was also related to Messenger.

Facebook is enhancing this chat client into an end-all-and-be-all communication station by giving users third-party apps for novel ways to express themselves and communicate with friends. The Messenger Platform enables developers to develop applications exclusively for these ends.