To answer this question, we run through last year’s press and through our own blog posts, dug into our own experiences from managing Lenslist database, and took an overall look at what happened during 2019 when it comes to social media AR. 2019: The Year of the New Functionalities Both Snapchat’s Lens Studio and Facebook’s […]

Merry Christmas to you all! 🎄 We want this post to be your guide to AR effects for this year’s Christmas. If you don’t have Santa’s suit or you won’t be together with your close ones, then use Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat to connect with them and feel the magic of this holidays! Instagram | […]

We want this post to be your guide to AR effects for this year’s Halloween. If you can’t dress up or won’t be together with your close ones, then use Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat to connect with them and feel the magic of the holidays! Tonight is the night! 🎃 Scare, trick and amuse others […]

Two days ago the results of the third Spark AR Community challenge has been announced. This time it was special, though. For starters, unlike last year’s Spark AR Community Challenge which was organized in connection with the start of Instagram AR beta and Spark AR Segmentation Challenge, submitted effects’ theme was strictly given. HBO, who […]

This article is fully dedicated to the Instagram Creators, that are yet to be discovered by a wider audience. We have decided to raise this topic because the end of the closed beta-era is closer and closer every day. As everyone will gain access to Spark AR and start posting their AR content, the Community […]

Hello fellow Sparkers, Creators, and AR Heads! With Pride Month at its best, we couldn’t help ourselves but to gather all the beautiful, colorful lenses from Facebook and Instagram, and feature them in our blogpost! For your convenience, we have tested over fifty of the pride-related effects and selected the 16 most appealing ones. Among […]

With the end of the first edition of ARFest Prague 2019, Lenslist team is more than happy to recap this amazing event. This article aims at turning the long and detailed report on this conference into an easily-digestible portion of brief information. Without further ado, let’s get to it! ARFest 2019 started on May 18th, […]

As the F8 2019 Conference has ended, we take a look at what has been said about Augmented Reality during those two days between April 30 and May 1. Many point out that this time the role of AR was not so big as during last year’s F8, with the main accent put on privacy, […]

Last year’s F8 Facebook Developer Conference was a big deal for AR, especially with the announcement of Instagram and Messenger branded AR effects platforms. It looks like during the upcoming F8 2019 Conference, Augmented Reality will maintain its important role in the further development of Facebook’s ‘Family of apps’ (consisting of WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and […]

Thanks to Spark AR Community, we’ve managed to make a collection of this year’s Valentine’s Day Facebook & Instagram Camera Effects. Congratulations to all of the contributors!   Diamond Hearts by Andrew Yanchurevich & Hearts by Carole Pavina Valentine’s Day by Lukas Graham & Valentines by Allan Berger Flickering Hearts by Jerzy Pilch & Heart […]