{"id":9248,"date":"2019-09-16T07:53:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T14:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=9248"},"modified":"2019-09-15T21:57:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:57:15","slug":"use-googles-ar-face-tech-to-build-cross-platform-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/16\/use-googles-ar-face-tech-to-build-cross-platform-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Google&#8217;s AR face tech to build cross-platform effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Look Ma, no depth sensor required.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>People seem endlessly surprised that one is not only allowed to use an iPhone at Google, but that we also build great cross-platform tech for developers (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/ml-kit\/\">ML Kit<\/a>). In that vein I\u2019m delighted to say that my team has now <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/ar\/develop\/downloads\">released<\/a> an iOS version (supporting iPhone 6s and above) of the Augmented Faces tech we first <a href=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/its-friday-lets-melt-some-faces\/\">released<\/a> for ARCore for Android earlier this year:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It provides a high-quality, 468-point 3D mesh that lets users attach fun effects to their faces \u2014\u00a0all <strong>without a depth sensor<\/strong> on their smartphone. With the addition of iOS support rolling out today, developers can now create effects for <strong>more than a billion users<\/strong>. We\u2019ve also made the creation process easier for both iOS and Android developers with a new face effects template.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick overview from my teammate Sam:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introduction to ARCore Augmented Faces, iOS\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QAqOTaCCD9M?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Midas.gif\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QAqOTaCCD9M&amp;t=1s\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look Ma, no depth sensor required. People seem endlessly surprised that one is not only allowed to use an iPhone at Google, but that we also build great cross-platform tech for developers (e.g. ML Kit). In that vein I\u2019m delighted to say that my team has now released an iOS version (supporting iPhone 6s and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9248"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9252,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9248\/revisions\/9252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}