Several dozen entries have been submitted. Most of the effects had a good quality, even those that didn’t fulfil conditions of the contest (eg. only U.S. residents could take part in it). Traditionally, the winners were announced in the form of the video. Congratulations!   Below you will find our favourites from all of the […]

Alexander Ward Coming up next is Alexander Ward from WardyWorks. Just like in the case of TechnologicalHippie, Alex’s convictions of artistic consciousness let us assume he has once gazed upon something as complex and full of colors that an ordinary human brain could not be capable of understanding. Crystallize, Luminous, and Awakening are in fact […]

For your convenience, we have tested over fifty of the pride-related effects and selected the 16 most appealing ones. Among them, you will find lenses coming from AR superstars such as Luke Hurd, Piotar Boa, Chris Price, Marc Wakefield, or Tom Emrich using all sorts of techniques like double exposure, body tracking, or implementation of […]

Once that happened, Marc’s career as a full time AR Creator was snowballing all the way through, starting with Bono from U2 placing an order and wearing an AR mask during the band’s worldwide tour, and ending with him being invited to F8 2018 and shaking a hand of the man himself, Mark Zuckerberg. Eduard […]

As all the videos from the conference are available at Facebook Developers Website, the best thing to do with this article was to keep it short and simple – just to point out everything new that had been announced, share some overall thoughts on and from the panels and add some references for what’s worth […]

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 […]

That said, a social media AR is the opportunity for marketing to actually help families, especially those who are far from each other. Christmas tree, Santa and a mistletoe are not just marketing products – they’re symbols of our traditions, points of reference for our positive, family-directed holiday emotions and childhood memories. Facebook and Instagram […]

Over two months ago Spark AR Studio has become available on Instagram. Any of the Spark AR Creators could apply to be a part of beta (and still can, here). Following this, Spark AR Community’s Admins announced a contest, the Spark AR Community Challenge, for the best Instagram Camera Effect. The participants had a chance […]

Here we would like to show you some of the best Halloween Facebook Camera Effects. Not all of them are scary, but they’re surely worth sharing! Each holiday presents marketers with different opportunities for fan engagement. Pumpkins, monsters, witches and skulls are things that are to be used during Halloween, so they’re all below. Enjoy […]