F8 Refresh | Enabling AR Video Calling
summary
Announces a new multipeer api that wires a data channel between call participants so AR effects coordinate state across devices, enabling group effects, shared moments and lightweight games; shows that existing Spark AR tooling and JavaScript run in the beta, cites over 600 million people and 600,000 creators as current scale, and opens a closed Spark AR video calling beta for developers to build and publish synchronized AR experiences on Messenger Instagram and Portal.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:43Spark Studio
- 1:10AR Video Calling
- 2:40New Developments
- 3:28Multipeer API
- 4:29Effects
- 5:44Group Effects
- 6:44Birthday
- 7:59Group Play
- 8:33Example
- 10:30Beta Program
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