It’s been a year since we came up with the idea of ‘Weekly Selections’ – our team’s choice of freshly created Instagram AR effects, published every Friday. As we’re extremely proud of how the Spark AR Community responded to them, we’re taking a look back to celebrate this past year. Weekly Selections became a true […]
Once again folks at Snap did not disappoint our Creators Community with a brand new Lens Studio 4.1 update! Check out the hottest, newest features with doubling of the size limit as the sweetest cherry on top! 🍒🤩 1. From 4 to 8MB – Double the size, double the possibilities! 👯♀️ Size limit is one […]
Hi Creators! 👋 We’re super grateful to all of you for creating our content with us, believing in us and for all of the positive vibes we get from you on a daily 💖 We want to bring to you more and more opportunities to get recognized by both the AR Community and potential clients, […]
The last two weeks were big for Instagram AR. First, 2 long-awaited new capabilities for Spark AR landed, and then F8 Refresh (yearly Facebook conference) introduced a number of exciting developments for AR Creators. This article will briefly lead you through everything that you’d like to know about what’s new. New capability #1: Multi-Class Segmentation […]
As one of the official partners of this year’s edition of F8 Hackathon, we are very exicted to share with you our wrap-up of the contest. Discover winning projects, browse through the selection of submissions made by our team and hear from the winner of a Track 1 challenge: Matthew Chen. As the amounts of […]
For nearly two years now, Snap has been taking big steps to prove that they’re not only a camera company, but also the biggest innovator in the Augmented Reality space. They have released truly next-level updates to Lens Studio last year and in March 2021, they took the first place in the Fast Company AR/VR […]
For this year’s #EarthWeek, Snapchat collaborated with Google’s ARCore and a few talented Creators to bring awareness to environmental issues with the power of Augmented Reality and Depth API. Snapchat opened many creative doors for Lens Creators by introducing SnapML, Body Tracking and LiDAR last year. For the #EarthWeek they’ve prepared something for those who […]
Calling all AR and AI innovators! Facebook is kicking off their latest virtual hackathon next Monday May 3rd, in the lead up to F8 Refresh! They’re welcoming global developers and creators to take part in a hackathon featuring Spark AR and Wit.ai challenges next week, for the chance to win up to USD$100,000 in cash […]
LACMA x Snapchat present Monumental Perspectives, bringing AR Monuments to life and celebrating diverse histories across LA During last year’s Lens Fest (go here for a full recap), Snap announced a creative collaboration with The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), allowing for local artists and AR Creators to join forces in a multi-year […]
The campaign for Amnesty CR movement with a special AR filter, which creates a rainbow halo around the user’s head, points to the current case of three activists in Poland. Up to 2 years in prison for a poster of Madonna with a rainbow halo. Does it seem like sci-fi to you? Unfortunately, in Poland […]
