Category: filters

Steam lets you choose words to filter from chat

Post author By Randall
Post date August 27, 2020
Categories In filters, Gaming, News, steam, Tech, valve

[ad_1] Steam now lets you make a custom list of words you want filtered from your chat experience, Steam owner Valve has announced. The Steam Text & Chat Filtering feature already removes commonly used strong profanity and slurs, but now you can add specific words that you want to be replaced with symbols across Steam […]

TikTok-owner Bytedance reveals its first smartphone

Post author By Randall
Post date November 1, 2019
Categories In app, bytedance, douyin, effects, filters, gear, Mobile, nut pro 3, phone, smartisan, Smartphone, swipe, Tech, Tiktok

[ad_1] As we learned earlier this year, ByteDance acquired a bunch of Smartisan patents and talent. ByteDance then helped make the Nut Pro 3 and packed it with branded features. Apparently, it didn’t decide to change the naming scheme. Users will be able to launch Douyin — the Chinese version of TikTok — by swiping […]

Hilarious Facebook and Instagram filters turn you into a WWE superstar

Post author By Randall
Post date September 27, 2019
Categories In Facebook, filters, fox sports, gear, Instagram, Mobile, Tech, wwe

[ad_1] The magic was made possible by Facebook’s Spark AR Studio, with the company behind the filters (Current Studios) creating a mask that can adjust itself to fit your face. That way, your face fits well over the wrestlers’ in the clips. The filters start by assessing your face and then processing the clip, which […]

Prepare yourselves for a deluge of new AR filters on Instagram

Post author By Randall
Post date August 13, 2019
Categories In Ar, Art, av, beta, Cameras, creators, Design, effects, Entertainment, Facebook, filters, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, public beta, spark ar, stories, studio, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Facebook first announced that it would allow Instagram users to create their own AR effects at its F8 developers conference this spring. But the news was overshadowed a bit by all of the other big announcements. Since then, Spark AR has been shared with select Instagram users in a closed beta. Today, it’s released […]

China’s Alipay will add beauty filters when you pay with your face

Post author By Randall
Post date July 4, 2019
Categories In alibaba, alipay, beauty, beauty filters, business, Cameras, China, e-wallet, facial recognition, filters, payment, retail, Robots, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The change comes shortly after a Sina Technology poll found that 60 percent of respondents think next-gen payment systems make them look ugly. According to TechCrunch, Alipay announced the update on Weibo yesterday, and the company plans to bring the feature to retail stores within a week. Some might worry about living in a […]

YouTube uses AR to let you try on makeup during tutorials

Post author By Randall
Post date June 18, 2019
Categories In app, Ar, ar beauty try-on, av, beauty bloggers, Diy, do it yourself, doityourself, famebit, filters, gear, Google, Influencers, Internet, makeup, Mobile, Tech, tool, trial, tutorial, vloggers, Youtube

[ad_1] The tool creates a split screen, and plays YouTube content on the top half. It uses front-facing cameras to capture users and AR filters to apply virtual makeup samples in the lower screen. With the help of machine learning, the tool works on a full range of skin tones, and Google has already demoed […]