Building Engaging Experiences on Spark AR

Explore the world of augmented reality development in this 57-minute webinar featuring Yash Sahay, Engineering Manager for Spark AR, interviewed by DevC program manager Chimdi Aneke. Gain insights into how the Spark AR team designs developer-friendly experiences for creating effects and their plans to make AR more accessible globally. Discover the benefits of Spark AR, learn about the Scene Tree and Inspector, and get answers to questions on topics such as royalty-free assets, audio integration, hand tracking, platform-specific exports, and Native UI controls. Part of the Developer Circles Skills Connection series, this webinar connects developers with Facebook experts to enhance skills in various technologies including React, Spark AR, PyTorch, and Messenger.

Syllabus

Intro
Building Engaging Experiences on Spark AR
Level 1 Scene Tree & Inspector
How long have you been working on Spark AR and what is its importance to the technology industry?
What are the benefits of Spark AR over other AR building engines?
Where is the best place to get royalty free assets?
When will it be possible to add my own patch assets to the Spark AR library?
What about playing audio during video recording without disabling the mic?
When should we expect hand and finger tracking?
When will you add WhatsApp to Spark AR? Can we have platform specific exports?
Can we use background image like 360 video?
Is there a quicker way to add Native UI controls? Right now its only through coding