Highlights and News From Snap’s Lens Fest 2021

It’s hard to believe it, but it has been a year since Lens Fest 2020. This annual event is when Snap reaches out to the developer community. That includes Snapchat lens creators as well as those who create experiences for other apps and websites using Snap’s camera API, camera kit. Last year, the Lens Fest saw major updates to Snap’s creator software, Lens Studio, as well as a focus on creating lenses with social impact. So, what did this year’s three-day-long event bring? A Whole Lot of Energy Lens Fest isn’t just a developer’s conference. Because anyone can be a lens creator, the event is an opportunity for Snap to celebrate all of the people that contribute to their platform – professionally or otherwise. “Lens Fest is our annual, global event that highlights innovation and creativity from every corner of the lens creator community,” Snap co-founder and CTO, Bobby Murphy,

Snap Has Busy Week: Sotheby’s Partnership and ASL Awareness Project

As probably the single largest driver of consumer AR, Snap moves pretty fast. As a result, we at ARPost can have our work cut out for us in terms of keeping up. After one such week, this article is going to talk about two drastically different but perhaps equally interesting developments: a partnership with Sotheby’s and launching new lenses for “The Weak of the Deaf.” Visit Christo’s Arc de Triomphe If you hadn’t heard about Sotheby’s before this year, you’ve probably heard of them by now. The “fine arts and luxury real estate” company used to be in the news every now and then if they sold a multi-million-dollar painting that had been recovered after a daring heist or something like that. However, since they got into digital media and NFTs they’ve become a little more relevant. .u211a33876127cf4ba9b42bccd5adede4 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#FFFFFF;