😧🕶️🤏😎🤏
our most ambitious project yet…
@snapchat
spectacles 2024 are now live!
designed to get more people, closer to the things they love, together. 💕
apply to purchase through the latest version of
@snapAR
lens studio, our developer platform — powering the next
☑️ Obligatory end of first week internship picture! 🎉 So honoured to be spending my summer with
@Microsoft
's DevRel team at
@docsmsft
. 🥰 Also, if you have suggestions on what to do in Seattle, where to go / who to talk to, I'd love to hear them!
#microsoftlife
me trying to figure out where I've seen medium's new logo, but instead stumbling upon mickey mouse's shorts and glancing down to see it matching the discord icon... what's happening
know someone in nyc or surrounding area and into mixed reality (AR, VR, XR, MR, you get the drill)?
tag them (or yourself 😉)! snap is hosting a little event at our office in Times Square 🥰🍎
WOO officially a senior pm in
@unity
labs, working on slices, a new social XR experience! w/ the kindest + most big brained‼️ team 🥰:
@GregMadison
@prvncher
@3duaun
@geotetra_rygo6
if you or anyone you know has any thoughts about the space - ❤️ it or skeptical, let’s chat!
life update: i moved (to brooklyn 🥹) and just started a new role at
@SnapAR
/
@Snapchat
working on lens studio. if you create with lens studio (or want to!), let’s chat!
i miss my friends
@unity
labs everyday and am SO excited to continue building out this space together! 💕
👋 (A little late) but I'm back interning on THE 💕
@microsoft
devrel team! 🥰
I want to meet folks + catch up! I've been esp. curious about product + devrel, doing tech for good, non-profit work 👀
Ecstatic to learn lots, and enable fellow developers with
@docsmsft
! 🎉
did y'all know that you can embed
@SnapAR
lenses into any website?
(it's so neat, especially if you're building out a web portfolio of lenses you've made)
Thank you to
@docsmsft
for giving me the internship of a lifetime. From the most phenomenal manager and supportive mentors, all the way to every carefully crafted intern event- this is everything I could have asked for and more.
Docs, you have my heart. Until next time! 🥳❤️
Our
@SnapAR
Lens Studio 5.0 Beta is live!
- 18x faster
- GenAI (Texture, Face Mask, PBR Material with
@MeshyAI
, Docs with
@mendableai
)
-
@OpenAI
's ChatGPT API at runtime for free
- Team collaboration
- Foundation for plugins / Editor extensibility
anndddd
@SnapAR
lens studio 5.0 is out of beta!
- ✨ genAI suite ft. AI assistant for step-by-step help and asset + model generation (ml face effects and immersive ml have INCREDIBLE outputs)
- anyone can build plugins to extend the editor, and all our plugins are open sourced
airplane vision pro 🍎✈️
(surprisingly not embarrassing to have this on during my flight, flight attendants were completely unfazed 😮💨 but it was a hassle to drink apple juice because the cup tilt scares the cameras)
WHAT THE HECK,
@MLHacks
!! This is the craziest thing ever!! 😭 Hackathons changed my life and it boggles my mind to be able to share this experience with so many others- thank you thank you thank you
@SwiftAlphaOne
&
@jonmarkgo
❤️
(+ the selfie I promised
@YayNickQ
😌)
lens studio won an auggie award for the best authoring tool at
#AWE2023
!
VERY lucky to rep the team for a moment on stage, here is an attempt at showcasing who this award belongs to:
our creators, snap lens network, everyone
@SnapAR
who lives and breathes AR. 💛
it's a painful day for us at snap, we've lost a ton of great friends and it sucks.
but here's a reminder that our team is more committed than ever to bringing everyday AR to the masses. we're on a shared mission to build the world(s) we want to live in.
💛
SnapFusion by
@Snap
shortens model runtime from text input to image generation ON MOBILE to under 2 seconds–the fastest time published to date by the academic community 👩🏻🍳💋
hi XR friends! 👋
come work with me! this role is perfect for anyone interested in AR/XR, developer tools, game engines, AI, democratizing creativity, storytelling.
reach out if you have q’s / want a referral!
(underrepresented backgrounds esp. welcomed, rt for reach 💛)
🚀
#LensStudio
is hiring. We build tools to enable others to build AR stuff for
#Snapchat
and
#Spectacles
.
Apply or Share with those who
- are curious and love the craft
- love building tools and work directly with users
- balance well in disagreeableness and openness
day 1 at
#AWE2023
took over the
@SnapAR
story ft interviewed some awesome folks, THE steve’s talk, a lil midday work meeting 😏, effect house after party, top golf w qualcomm and most importantly, did all this with the most spectacular people in xr 💕
now onto bed time! 😴
snapped this during rehearsals today. t-2 days until
@SnapAR
lens fest! can’t explain how stoked we are.
with my partner in crime
@artem_aero
💛 never a boring day when we get to build seriously fun things together
teaching a fun
@SnapAR
workshop about scripting + interactivity for snap lens lab @ otis college today!
very excited to ask everyone if they can see my screen immediately after pressing the screenshare button
#LensFest
by
@SnapAR
, with all of NYC’s spectacular AR creators
Thank you thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for building with us. 💛 I feel so lucky to be in a community with such kind, smart and creative folks.
broke: scheduling 1:1s at work
woke: filming a chaotic tswift tiktok ✨ with your mentor (ft. peanut the pup) + general manager on your last day as an intern
@sglerner
@erinrifkin
lens studio 5.0.10 beta is out!
🧵we've been thinking a lot about:
1) building AR for friends ✨ and
2) building AR beyond snapchat (too)
icymi, here are some fun things we've been working on.
- new API for you to access your snapchat friend's list in a lens
- lots of fun
the
@SnapAR
lens studio asset library is filled with so many goodies. 🎨 might start posting how lightning fast you can learn how to create lenses / accelerate lens development with them.
here’s creating an AR try-on lens with
@maxime_cabrol
’s “down jacket” asset, in <10 secs
Overheard at Super Duper Burgers between 2 strangers: "I'm so sorry this is super weird but I bought the same burger and forgot to take a picture of it, can I please take a picture of yours? I just really need to Instagram this!!" 😭
what is she laughing about? find out at
@SnapAR
’s
#LensFest
😉
(the answer is in the “what’s new in lens studio” session 🤔 don’t believe me? watch it and prove me wrong)
want to hear what we have been up to at
@SnapAR
with lens studio?
catch our “what’s new” section on dec 6th (day 1 of lens fest), live at 12:50pm ET: 💕
My TEDxUBC talk is up!! Feel free to check it out to hear more about glass ceilings, open source,
@UBCHacks
and of course, Neopets. 😂 Would love to jot down any feedback you have about the content! 🎉
nothing beats a night spent w the AR community, and especially one hosted by
@BareTreeMedia
x
@SnapAR
💛
much love to these incredible people who make everything we do a personal mission
‘twas the day after
#LensFest
NYC
@SnapAR
!
watch this to remember the power or bringing communities back together irl 💛
much love to every single creator building with lens studio, you are our whole world
thank you thank you thank you
1⃣ 🥳
@SnapAR
lenses for
@Google
meet (and anywhere else on chrome) is live! i use snapchat camera like im a twitch streamer with a stream deck in meetings - swapping lenses to curate the perfect vibes ✨
2⃣ turn any lens into its own webAR experience with a unique URL, hosted
OMG ITS ME!!!! a little cameo at
#Config2024
for flides!!!
(s/o to
@berniemarger
for capturing this, and friends at
@figma
for letting me try this ahead of release) 💛💛
been using
@figma
slides (flides 🛝) in alpha exclusively for work over the past month, and it’s truly the bee’s knees. all I said when they showed it to me was… “this makes too much sense 🙂↕️”. every moment using the product is better and more delightful than the last.
1) who's going to
@ARealityEvent
's AWE in june?
@SnapAR
will be there and we are SOOOO stoked ☺️
2) lens studio is up for both "Best Developer Tool" and "Best Creator & Authoring Tool" in the auggies award. please vote for us in both if possible, thank you! 💛
🏆best dev tool:
When we’re building for developers at
@SnapAR
, our job is to make a tool that feels like magic. Here are my 10 rules for making that happen: 💖
Some of my favorites are:
#2
: Accelerate your users’ time to magic
#7
: Blur the boundaries between design and
✅ boothing with the
@SnapAR
team
✅ demoed lens studio + camera kit workshop
✅ spoke at opening ceremony
🧠 did you know… lens studio AR experiences also work outside of snapchat?
get auto-access by selecting “prototyping”:
heading over to
#AWE2023
! ✈️ stoked for the best week of the year!! 🥳
I’ll also be taking over our
@SnapAR
Snapchat stories tomorrow — make sure to tune in if you’re curious what we are up to!
SEE YOU SOON!!!
it’s unbelievable what a group of strong willed dreamers can do in 1.5 years.
and now lens studio 5.0 beta is in the hands of all our incredible lens studio creators, for them to build out the rest of this dream 💛
to be continued :)
another mini tutorial! “3d object launcher” in the
@SnapAR
lens studio asset library
unsure how to use an asset? a lot of assets come with README files (or a docs page) that shows you step by step how to use it, including this one!
(bonus “🐙 with physics” asset shown!)
Almost 2 years later- finally a project that I can show off to my Mom (she is probably the biggest
@Minecraft
fan I know). 💖 I miss working with this team so much, they consistently deliver nothing short of incredible. Here's to inclusivity in gaming. 🥳
I laughed. I cried. I laughed until I cried. The last 4 months have been real,
@MicrosoftVan
! Thank you for everything,
@Smmatte
.
Sincerely, your biggest fan. 😊
#msftgarageinterns
HELLO world! i'm headed back to
@ARealityEvent
#AWE2023
next week and would esp love to meet up with AR creators (whether or not you're building with
@SnapAR
lens studio) and connect with unity / XR friends. 💛
reply, dm or tag! let's chat + attend fun events together please!!
Getting to attend
@nwplusubc
's first event of the year,
#UBCLocalHackDay2019
Learn Day feels insanely surreal! 🥳 The amount of energy in the room is 👏✨ SO SO PROUD 💖
want to use
@BlockadeLabs
' generated 360 worlds in a
@SnapAR
lens studio lens?
superr simple way using the output as a texture + mapping it onto a sphere (sample lens in thread)👇
LETS GOOOOO!!!
special additional shout-out to my besties
@tyrekewhite14
@sophiaedm
and team for making this happen! 🥳🎉
what a time to be a lens creator — anyone in qualifying countries is eligible, as simple as a new toggle during lens submission!
Introducing the Lens Creator Rewards Program!
Get rewarded up to $7,200 per month for creating top-performing Lenses on Snapchat in the US, India and Mexico
Learn more
IM WHEEZING I'll chair-race this memory forever (
@shirgoldbird
)
@docsmsft
team working hard, playing hard 👏 Thank you for making my internship, this is it
1st ever asset hackathon with
@SnapAR
! think beyond just 2D /3D assets, we are esp. excited for helper scripts, tools, VFX, materials etc — building blocks that can be reused across projects!
2 upcoming livestreams, 1 office hr, 100 winners, $40k! 🥳
We are overjoyed to share the exciting news of our first AR Asset Hackathon with
@SnapAR
!
Yes, this time, assets, not Lenses! 🪄 Let that be your motto for a few weeks! It's an opportunity for you to bring all your amazing ideas to the table and contribute to the core of
here are some open roles if you're interested in working at
@Snapchat
's augmented reality team (with me 🥰)!
eng manager, lens studio:
software engineer, lens studio:
product marketing manager, AR platform:
this was a bit of a tricky feature to get right, so super stoked to finally have it launched out of beta and in partnership with the one and only OPI!!!
AR nail try-on is available to every creator through the
@SnapAR
lens studio asset library 💅
We just released a feature that I worked on with the spectacular team this summer- Bookmarks for convenient access to our beloved content! 🥳🎉 Thank you for letting me play a part in this dev community + platform that I love oh so much! 📄❤️
been using
@figma
slides (flides 🛝) in alpha exclusively for work over the past month, and it’s truly the bee’s knees. all I said when they showed it to me was… “this makes too much sense 🙂↕️”. every moment using the product is better and more delightful than the last.
another awesome AR meetup about lens studio 5.0, hosted by the one and only
@AlexBradt
and the mousepack team in
@SnapAR
nyc 💛
forever grateful to be 🐀 neighbors turned working partners turned friends
Tassels at the ready. Former intern project Snip Insights graduates from the
@MSFTGarage
on its quest to empower developers to innovate with
@MicrosoftAI
. Learn More | Watch
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@SlackHQ
API tokens.
I'm officially dead from Slack's documentation. 👋