Facebook AR Studio - Facebook's developer platform for Augmented Reality

@nivo0o0 I'm hoping this is the beginning of something greater. I know things have to start somewhere, but putting whiskers on adults is hardly the most compelling application of AR. ;) I personally have always been really rooting/interested in AR. VR is great, but (and I'm probably wrong) I've always felt the mandatory requirement that you detach yourself from the outside world to be the paradoxical failing of VR (I know, thats the point). Something always bugged me about plugging in and ignoring what's going around me. Circumstantially, I think many people feel the same way (just look for used VR sets online, it's like it's own sub-economy). AR is inherently more socially engaging (depending on usage context) by mere fact that there's no disassociation from your surroundings. The problems AR could solve by providing more context about things around us (but firmly grounded by actual "things") is mind boggling. Super excited, i think this is the match to the flame.

@casualmess Snapchat filters are a feature. This is a platform to build features LIKE those filters. very vig difference. Snap isn't letting anyone else play with their technologh. Facebook is.

@jasonhitchcock Agreed. But it's not 'revolutionary' or 'out of the box', they just took what Snapchat had and created a platform for others to be able to create the same thing. It's more of a 'good guy Facebook' than 'revolutionary inventor Facebook', but that's just my 2¢ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@casualmess that's correct

@casualmess I see that point, but assuming that developers will only build the same type of filters on Snapchat (facemasks) is where I disagree, and why the platform is a big deal. The fact that snap made the filters first doesn't matter because they're becoming an expected commoditized feature of cameras now, the way photo filters are now an expected feature after instagram made them popular. Whoever is labeling the platform as revolutionary is a getting ahead of themselves, but it appears to have more potential to be just that.

@jasonhitchcock Yeah, I agree. But I also think that their primary goal for this platform is for others to create Snapchat-like filters and therefore make Snapchat less relevant. I'd say it's kinda obvious that Facebook is putting in the effort to kill Snapchat, with adding stories function to majority of their apps and now releasing this platform.