Expanding the Spark AR Ecosystem

By: Sue Young
September 16, 2020
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September 1, 2020

Introducing the Spark AR Forum

By: Spark AR Team
September 16, 2020
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Highlights

Important updates, insights and perspectives from the Spark AR team.

CommunitySeptember 1, 2020

Spark AR Creator Q&A: Isabelle Udo

As we continue our interview series with Spark AR creators, today we’re catching up with Isabelle Udo, an Amsterdam-based designer and filmmaker known for her innovative use of organic materials, vibrant colors and emotive sound, to create immersive AR experiences. Isabelle shares her experience and perspective on building a career as an AR creator, some of the influences that have helped shape her artistic style, and offers some advice for creators aspiring to take on more brand AR projects.

By: Spark AR Team
CommunityAugust 14, 2020

Spark AR Creator Q&A: Mitsuko Ono

As part of our ongoing interview series with Spark AR creators, we recently caught up with Mitsuko Ono, a Manila, Philippines-based multimedia designer to talk about how she got into AR creation, her rapidly growing gallery of 40+ ‘weird’ effects, and some of the experience and advice she has for new creators and those working with brands. We learned a ton from this talented creator, we hope you will too.

By: Spark AR Team
CreativityAugust 13, 2020

Creating Spark AR Effects for Instagram Reels

The introduction of Instagram Reels has quickly captured the imaginations of Spark AR creators, many of whom are discovering and using Reels for the first time, and exploring questions, like “What types of effects work best for Reels?” or “How are Stories and Reels different?” or “Can people use multiple effects in Reels?”

By: Spark AR Team
PartnersJuly 28, 2020

Pinkfong Boosts Campaign with AR Effect and AR Ad

As more creators and brands turn to Augmented Reality Ads to promote their Spark AR effects, we’re seeing a lot of exciting results, and learning a ton about how creators and brands can get more exposure for their work using this new ad format. With this in mind, we’re sharing a story today from Smart Study, a South Korea-based education company that owns Pinkfong, the creators of the popular “Baby Shark” kids song — yes, that baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, song!

By: Spark AR Team
Spark ARJuly 22, 2020

Facebook Global Hackathon Picks Winning Spark AR Effects

Facebook recently concluded its second global hackathon and announced the winning submissions across several categories, including the top three picks in the augmented reality group. This latest event in the year-long series invited Spark AR creators to build World AR experiences that help enrich communities or otherwise support a social good.

By: Spark AR Team
Spark ARJuly 16, 2020

Spark AR Enables Advanced AR Effect Creation With Render Passes

The recent release of Spark AR Studio (version 92) brought with it several new features and improvements, all of which our very own @danmollervfx breaks down nicely in the latest Spark AR Quick Tips video. But there’s one capability in particular that creators are excited about: render passes.

By: Spark AR Team
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