[ad_1] Pinterest Pinterest’s augmented reality Try On feature, through which you can virtually try on makeup via the Lens function, supports skin tone searches too. That way, you can see how different products look on people with skin tones similar to your own. Try On now includes more than 10,000 “shoppable shades that are discoverable […]
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OnePlus will reveal its latest smartphone in AR on July 21st
[ad_1] OnePlus is almost ready to stop the drip feed of info and properly reveal its latest lineup of more affordable smartphones. It will hold a virtual launch event for the OnePlus Nord line on July 21st at 10AM ET. The company is trying something a little different this time, though. Instead of checking out […]
Facebook expands Portal group calls to 50 people
[ad_1] You’ll have more Facebook Live options starting today too, as you can broadcast to Pages and Groups using a Portal Mini, Portal or Portal+, while there are more AR effects you can tap into on calls and for virtual greetings cards. Facebook is adding two more books to the Story Time app this month, […]
Snapchat’s new lenses use AR to encourage social distancing
[ad_1] One, labeled “My Social Distance,” encourages users to “practice social distancing” and creates an AR circle on the ground to help visualize the necessary space recommended by the WHO and other health organizations. Another lens comes with animated reminders about hand washing, staying at home and the importance of not touching your face. Both […]
Facebook will shut down its MSQRD selfie app
[ad_1] Facebook began integrating MSQRD’s face-swapping tech and other filters into its own products, like Facebook Live, soon after it acquired the app in 2016. Since then, the MSQRD team has been focused on building out Facebook’s AR platform, Spark AR, which allows users to create effects for Instagram. But now that Facebook’s most popular […]
Instagram cracks down on coronavirus AR effects
[ad_1] As the coronavirus epidemic has spread around the world, a number of coronavirus-themed AR filters have sprung up on Instagram. The user-generated effects depict face masks and animated virus particles, as well as “What are you” style filters that “quiz” users on whether or not they have coronavirus, or what brand of toilet paper […]
Qualcomm teams up with ‘Pokémon Go’ developer to make AR glasses
[ad_1] Their reference hardware and software design will of course be optimized for Qualcomm’s XR2 platform, which the company says is the first 5G-enabled extended reality system and the first one capable of 8K, 360-degree video playback. It will help Qualcomm figure out the standard features and specifications of a pair of XR2-powered glasses. In […]
Apple brings Memoji and Animoji to its Clips video creation app
[ad_1] You’ll be able to add stickers, animated text, filters and more to Memoji and Animoji. Memoji you create in Messages will automatically appear in Clips. You can change Animoji characters in a video even after you’ve recorded it. Apple has improved the AR functions of Clips too, so emoji, animated stickers and objects such […]
The Pixel 4 box is hiding an AR Easter egg
[ad_1] Should you try it out, you’ll see a photo of the phone morph into an animated welcome message. It’ll then display photos shot on Pixel, according to 9to5 Google. If you tap on the screen, a Lens card pops up that directs you to the Google Pixel profile on Instagram — that’s one way […]
Mark Zuckerberg hints finger tracking is coming to Oculus
[ad_1] Notably, Facebook just bought CTRL Labs, a startup that enabled finger tracking with an armband that reads electrical signals. The social giant filed a patent for its own finger-tracking armband earlier this year. Meanwhile, as Upload VR notes, Oculus software developers, including one who formerly worked on hand-tracking at Leap Motion, have teased something […]