Meet Snapchat Pixy, a pocket-sized flying camera designed to be a companion for the company’s own social media app. At the push of a button, this quadcopter flies in four preset flight paths, allowing it to float, orbit, and follow wherever you desire, all without a controller or any kind of set-up process. When you’re finished with the shoot, it returns to your hand by landing gently at the end of the flight.
Unlike its predecessors, the all-new Snapchat Spectacles aren’t focusing on video, but rather augmented reality, which lets creators reimagine the way they communicate, live, as well as explore the world together through experiences built in Lens Studio. Featuring dual 3D waveguide displays and a 26.3° field of view overlay Lenses, all powered by the company’s new Snap Spatial Engine that leverages six degrees of freedom with hand / marker / surface tracking. Read more for two videos, including the full reveal, and additional information.
Snapchat has just introduced a new 3D selfie mode that enables iPhone X users and above to create Snaps that change in perspective as well as appearance based on how you move your phone. This mode relies on Apple’s TrueDepth camera system and works by combining image and depth data from the this system to reconstruct a 3D model that looks and feels like a miniature model of your face. Users can then give it life by rotating or jiggling their handset as well as add 3D effects, lenses and filters. Read more for a video and additional information.
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Facebook is reportedly working on a standalone messaging app that combines the best of Instgram and Snapchat into one. In other words, this companion app to Instagram will enable its users to share content, location, speed, and even battery life with close friends, in addition to standard text / photo / video messages using the service’s filters. Read more for another picture and additional information.
Snap officially unveiled Spectacles 3 today, the latest version of their sunglasses, packed with dual HD cameras to empower creativity in 3D. They begin shipping during Fall 2019, and are capable of providing a rich 3D canvas for self-expression as well as a suite of new 3D Effects on Snapchat. This next-generation model comes equipped with two HD cameras to capture Snaps in 3D and also allow you to seamlessly transfer in HD to Memories within Snapchat for new lighting, landscapes, and other magical effects. Read more for a video, additional pictures and information.
Snapchat has been known for their face lenses, such as the classic puking rainbow as well as various other filters, designed specifically to recognize human faces, but for those who wanted to try them out on their dogs, there was no easy solution until…now. The company has introduced new lenses for dog faces, enabling you to add a butterfly or even a pair of reading glasses to their pet’s face. Read more for a video and how to use them in the app.