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October 21, 2021 01:00 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/21/22737991/facebook-messenger-group-calls-ar-effects-augmented-reality
Facebook Messenger now lets an entire group share an AR experience
Facebook Messenger is adding “group effects” that allow everyone on a video call to participate in the same augmented reality experience at the same time. The effects are available now across Messenger video calls as well as Messenger Rooms, the service’s Zoom-like videoconferencing feature, and are coming soon to Instagram, the company says.
There are over 70 group effects available at launch, including a game where players compete to build a virtual burger, and another where a virtual orange cat photobombs the call. It’s a shift from the service’s existing augmented reality features, which tend to only apply to one participant at a time. Facebook says developers will be able to build more group effects using its Spark AR API from the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/21/22737991/facebook-messenger-group-calls-ar-effects-augmented-reality
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