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A jarring Tekken 8 colorblind filter is concerning accessibility experts
The developers of Tekken 8 are boosting the upcoming game's accessibility with color blind options, but some experts and users say some of the settings may cause more harm than good.
Instagram update adds new camera filters and video editing tools for content creators
Instagram just rolled out an update to its app that adds a whole bunch of new features, including brand-new filters. You also get more video editing tools, a media hub and more.
Fujifilm's Instax Mini Evo camera lets you send snaps directly to your phone
Fujifilm has unveiled the Instax Mini Evo, its new flagship instant film camera with a premium build and higher resolution than previous models.
Facebook's Polar app will let anyone design AR objects and effects
As part of its broad vision of becoming a metaverse-focused company, Facebook announced Polar, a free iOS app that makes it easy for just about anyone to create AR filters, effects and 3D objects.
Google Meet gets fun filters and masks on iOS and Android
The Google Meet app for Android and iOS now has filters and masks you can play with.
Spotify adds handy search filters to its mobile apps
They should get you to the music and podcasts you’re looking for a bit faster.
Steam lets you choose words to filter from chat
Steam now lets you make a custom list of words you want filtered from your chat experience, Steam owner Valve has announced. The Steam Text & Chat Filtering feature already removes commonly used strong profanity and slurs, but now you can add specific words that you want to be replaced with symbols across Steam chat and supporting games. The feature is available through the Steam Labs beta program, but may be universal in the near future.
Adobe officially debuts Photoshop Camera for iOS and Android
Adobe's free Photoshop Camera app is officially available in the App Store and on Google Play.
Instagram's AR games take the spotlight during quarantine
It’s a phenomenon that Matt Roberts, Facebook’s Spark AR product manager, said he couldn’t predict. Gu created the filter using Facebook’s Spark AR Studio, which allows anyone to create effects for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.
Gmail turns its inbox filters into clickable 'search chips'
Google has started rolling out a new Gmail feature that'll make looking for specific emails in your overflowing inbox much less painful. The feature, called "search chips," will help you narrow down the results you get. You can search for a colleague's name, for instance, and then click on the search chips the pop up under the search box to find that specific email you're looking for.
TikTok-owner Bytedance reveals its first smartphone
The rumored smartphone by TikTok's owner ByteDance is now available. The Nut Jianguo Pro 3 is ByteDance's first smartphone. It's a continuation of work by the Chinese phone maker Smartisan (which partially explains the name), and it's being released under the Smartisan brand.
Hilarious Facebook and Instagram filters turn you into a WWE superstar
Fox Sports is celebrating WWE Friday Night Smackdown's debut on the network by creating seven AR filters that can turn you into wrestling stars. They'll swap a wrestler's face with yours in WWE video footage, including ones showing superstars' iconic moves and entrances -- like The Undertaker bouncing off the ropes and Charlotte Flair twirling fabulously in her cape.
NVIDIA has created an AI-powered greenscreen for streamers
NVIDIA has unveiled the RTX Broadcast Engine, powered by the Tensor Cores on RTX GPUs, that can do live filters, greenscreening and other tricks for Twitch streamers. The most interesting feature is RTX Greenscreen, which can remove the background from Twitch streamers and replace it with gameplay or whatever you want. "The RTX Greenscreen AI model understands which part of an image is human and which is background, so gamers get the benefits of a greenscreen without needing to buy one," NVIDIA said in a press release.
Prepare yourselves for a deluge of new AR filters on Instagram
As of today, anyone can create AR filters and effects for Instagram. Facebook has opened Spark AR -- the tool responsible for pretty much every AR experience you've encountered across Facebook's products -- to the Instagramming public.
China’s Alipay will add beauty filters when you pay with your face
We all know how startling it can be to accidentally open a front-facing camera and find your own unassuming face looking back at you. Now, imagine if you saw that image every time you made a purchase. In China, Alibaba's e-wallet affiliate Alipay will soon add beauty filters when you pay with its facial recognition system.
YouTube uses AR to let you try on makeup during tutorials
There's no question YouTube's beauty bloggers have some of the largest followings, and the platform has become an important place for even the biggest makeup brands to debut their products. Now, Google's AR Beauty Try-On feature will let YouTube users virtually try on makeup while watching tutorials and reviews.
YouTube Stories now have Snapchat-like filters
YouTube creators can now apply AR selfie filters to their YouTube Stories. The animated masks, glasses and 3D hats are similar to those you've seen elsewhere, like on Snapchat or Instagram. But Google promises its machine learning capabilities make these the best selfie filters yet.
Snapchat is in the middle of an identity crisis
There was a time a year or so ago when, if a friend wanted to send me a meme or a funny selfie, it would be on Snapchat. But I don't remember the last time that happened; at some point Instagram became our go-to messaging app. And apparently I'm not alone: Snapchat lost as many as 3 million daily users in 2018. Meanwhile, Instagram has grown so fast over the past two years that its Stories feature alone is much bigger than Snapchat, with more than 500 million daily users. This has arguably come at Snapchat's expense. But it's not as if Snap isn't looking to turn things around. The company wants to reinvent itself by trying a bunch of different things, like augmented reality shopping, being more open and teaming up with brands such as Nike on AR workshops.
Inside Nike's DIY studio for Snapchat selfie Lenses
Snapchat's Lens Studio, which lets anyone create their own augmented reality filters, has been a big hit for the company. There are now more than 300,000 Lenses created by independent users, and those have been viewed over 35 billion times. Still, Snapchat wants Lens Studio to get even bigger, and what better way to help it do that than by teaming up with one of the biggest brands in the world: Nike. At NBA All-Star Weekend 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Nike and Snapchat built a do-it-yourself studio for people to create AR Lenses on the fly.
Instagram plans to give influencers DM filters and follower stats
Instagram is testing a new type of account for high-profile users (such as celebrities, artists and influencers) that should give them more control over how they use the platform. The so-called "creator accounts" give users direct message filters and stats on their followers.
