
Snap has confirmed a global roll out soon. The feature is currently rolling out in the US region only. Lens Creators earn a share of the revenue from Gifts received through Story Replies. Gifting: Allows Lens creators to receive support from Snapchatters through Story Replies. Lens Call-To-Action: It is a new feature that allows creators to include a link on a Lens, making it easy to drive Snapchatters to a destination like a merch shop. New monetisation opportunities To support Lens creators, Snap has announced new monetisation opportunities. Some APIs include FTX, Alpaca, Accuweather, and iTranslate. API Library for Real-time data: Smart and useful Lenses are easier to create with real-time information pulled from other sources, from the U.S. Real-world Physics: AR elements appear and react more realistically to forces of physics like gravity and collisions. Other new features announced for creators in Lens Studio 4.10 include: A new sounds library: Creators can now choose from a wide range of audio library and add Snapchat’s licensed music and audio clips to their own Lenses. World Mesh: Creators can now use depth information and world geometry understanding to create experiences that look and feel like real-world, previously only possible with higher end devices, making Lenses like the below Matrix world possible. All it takes is a mobile device with a LiDAR Scanner to map the area and create a 3D model to bring into Lens Studio. With the latest update, creators will be able to make Custom Landmarkers, transforming local landmarks into AR attractions. Custom Landmarkers: Snap launched Landmarkers in 2019 and Local Lenses in 2020, layering augmented reality onto dozens of popular destinations around the world. The tool allows users to create the lenses and feature them across Snapchat, Snap Camera, Spectacles or into other apps through Camera kit.
Lens studio lidar update#
New features for Lenses Snap has launched the version 4.10 update for the Lens Studio, its AR creation software. Here’s a list of all the new features that the company has announced at the Lens Fest. The company has launched new features for Lenses, including Custom Landmarkers, that allows Snapchatters to build AR experiences mapped to local landmarks or even their own backyard and has brought Connected Lenses to Spectacles, allowing for multi-user AR experiences. This technology delivers faster, more realistic AR experiences and improves autofocus by 6x in low-light scenes for more accuracy and reduced capture time in photos and videos.Snap has announced new features for Lenses, monetisation tools for AR creators and new features for Spectacles during the ongoing Lens Fest.

Lens studio lidar pro#
Snapchat added support for Apple's LIDAR sensor in October, updating its Lens Studio to enable creators to build their own Lenses utilising LiDAR detection.įirst appeared in the latest generation iPad Pro in March last year, a state-of-the-art LiDAR scanner means users can experience AR like never before, and also offers benefits to the camera with faster autofocus in low light and the introduction of Night mode portraits.Īn all-new LiDAR Scanner on iPhone 12 Pro offers the ability to measure light distance and use pixel depth information of a scene. "To ring in 2021 we released our first AR effect on the new iPhone 12 Pro, using LiDAR technology which allows us to create effects that interact with your environment - visually bridging the digital and physical worlds," TikTok said in a tweet.

The AR effect is a 2021 ball drop over your head to celebrate the New Year, with TikTok promising to "develop more innovative effects in 2021." The filter utilises the iPhone 12 Pro's LiDAR sensor that helps improve AR experiences by enabling apps to more quickly see and recognise the room around them. TikTok has released its first augmented reality (AR) filter that uses iPhone 12 Pro's LiDAR camera.

TikTok unveils 1st AR filter with iPhone 12 Pro's LiDAR camera.
