The fight for the most vitaminized application among all those known for having "ephemeral content" continues. While Instagram launched the other day a system for sending ephemeral images pretty much like Snapchat, Facebook launched into filters by incorporating a quick access camera with quite entertaining filters in its application. The truth is that el stretching of this fashion was Snapchat, application that a year ago launched the filters and skins with which to modify the mythical selfie; months later, it released filters for the rear camera. And today, Snapchat announces the launch of its new filters for the rear camera based on augmented reality, after the jump the promotional announcement of this novelty.
Augmented reality reaches Snapchat filters
It is true that Snapchat, in recent months, is the application recognized by the dog mask, people vomiting rainbows or the different promotional filters of movies such as: The Smurfs: The Hidden Village. Until now, these filters were only found in the front camera, although it is true that in the rear camera there were a series of filters that we could use while moving the smartphone "discovering what was around".
La new snapchat feature consist of augmented reality glasses available in the rear camera of the terminals. Currently, and with the launch of the version 10.6.2.0, there are several filters based on AR: your profile icon, signs like "GMO" and the effect of planting trees and plants. Here's how these new elements of the ghost social network work:
While snapping with the rear camera, simply tap the screen to find new lenses that you can use paint the world around you with new 3D experiences
The operation is very simple. Enter the application and use the rear camera, press the screen for a while and, once the environment is detected, the new filters will appear. Once you click on one of them, you will see that if you move the device the element is fixed in a position and you see the different faces of the element. That is, it is one more 3D element. In each lens, there are different "models", to discover them click on them.
we all know it is in a few months instagram and facebook will copy this feacture