FINALLY! A feature the whole AR Creators Community has been waiting for, came to us with the newest update of Lens Studio (3.1) – 2D Full Body Tracking is here and… we can’t be more here for it! Snapchat came in with this update in a perfect moment – when (thanks to TikTok) rear-view videos […]
The new version of Lens Studio comes with a new look and new templates including those using Machine Learning, like hand gestures, foot tracking or custom segmentation. But the real game-changer is a feature called SnapML: it gives creators unprecedented freedom by enabling them to add their own ML models to enhance their lenses. Besides […]
Sound has been proven to play a crucial part when it comes to AR effects. The best stories presenting them are enriched with a fitting song, and a music industry fell in love with social media AR long ago – there are almost 200 promotional effects on Lenslist that were either inspired by a song […]
With the new version of Spark AR, which was published on May 12, Gallery Textures have come to Instagram. This functionality lets people add an image from their phone’s camera roll to an effect on Instagram. Excited as we were, we’ve managed to collect some of the first effects featuring this tech, share some of […]
For a few months now the technology of iris tracking has been available to Spark AR creators. So it’s about time to present to you some of the most impressive use cases and show when to implement it for marketing. The most popular AR trend now Trends on social media come and go, but for […]
The title is probably a stretch, but being able to add many different filters to your Instagram is certainly extremely useful. To this point, the only way to use VSCO filters inside Instagram was to manually adjust filter, contrast, saturation and highlights following guidelines from websites like this one: vscofilterhacks.com. Just to be clear: using […]
Better way to browse Instagram Camera Effects was a long-awaited feature. Now, after testing it for at least a month with random creator’s accounts, it became public. Every Instagram user can now check out and use the effects published by Spark AR creators by going to their profile and selecting the new Effects Tab (a […]
There is no better way to verify a group’s unity than by making them work together. Snapchat Lens Studio and CyreneQ decided to do just that by offering Lens Creators a chance to play a “Pass the Story” game – but with Augmented Reality, of course. The story of developing this magnificent lens, which is […]
Two days ago Spark AR Creators announced the winners of the second Spark AR Community Challenge. This time, creators were given a task of developing an effect using the segmentation feature, which enables users to distinguish a person from the scenery. It can be used, for example, to create effects changing a background or placing […]
Snap Camera is an app available for Windows & Mac which brings Snapchat lenses into your desktop. It allows you to browse through thousands of lenses, both official and custom (made by Creators in Lens Studio), and then use them in video chats and live streams. Let us take a quick tour through the functionalities […]