Lens Studio allows you to create AR all within one app. From testing in app, previewing on device, to augmenting the face and the world in a few short clicks.

Learn the tool

See how you can built, test, share AR creations in one tool.

Home

The Lens Studio home page provides you with a great starting point for starting, or continuing your next great Lens

Panels

Learn about the multiple modular panels that power Lens Studio

Previewing Your Lens

Discover how to test your Lenses within Lens Studio

Paring To Snapchat

With Lens Studio, you can preview your Lenses inside Snapchat

Augment the Face

Use built-in tools to quickly apply effects to the face. No additional tools required.

Face Effects Overview

Lens Studio provides a variety of Face Effects you can add to your Lenses

Face Stretch

The Face Stretch effect allows you to stretch points of the user's face

Face Image

The Face Image object attaches a 2D textured plane to your head

Attach 3D Objects to the Face

You can attach 3D Objects to your head so that they track to a point on your head

Augment the World

Create your own world quickly with state-of-the-art scene understanding.

Tracking Modes

Lens Studio provides developers with multiple Tracking solutions in order to create unique AR experiences in the world around them

Fullscreen Segmentation

Segmentation Textures are masks that are updated in real time based on what is seen in the device's camera

World Mesh and Depth Textures

World Mesh provides a real-time 3D reconstruction of the real world based on what your device sees

3D Body and Hand Tracking

3D Body Tracking and Hand Tracking allows you to attach 2D or 3D contents to a set of 3D skeletons found in the camera

Expand Your Possibilities

Add your own assets, or use built-in ones. Add interactivity with, or without code.

Add Your Own Assets

Take your existing assets or work to the next level by bringing it into AR.

Importing and Updating Resources

This guide details how to import resources into your Lens Studio project and once resources are imported, how to update them with external changes.

Asset Library

The Asset Library is a repository of Lens assets and helpers that you can use to bootstrap or to refine your Lenses. It contains everything from simple reusable assets, to machine learning models that allows you to add new capabilities to your Lenses.

Adding Images

Images are 2D planes that can be added to your Lens. They can be added to the 3D scene, attached to the screen, attached to the face and more.

Importing 3D Objects

There are many tools that can help you create 3D models for Lens Studio like Maya, Cinema4D, Blender, 3ds Max and more.

Add Cutting Edge Graphics

Bring your experience to life with various features, all built-in.

Physics Overview

Lens Studio includes a robust Physics System to give your AR creations a realistic feel in the physical world

Materials Editor

Learn the process of creating and editing basic materials for 3D objects in Lens Studio, as well as an overview of the default material types available in Lens Studio.

VFX Editor

Lens Studio provides a new node-based visual effects engine in Lens Studio

Cloth Simulation

This guide covers the main concepts of how cloth simulation works in Lens Studio and Snapchat

Add Interactivity

Various features allow you to add interactivity into your experience.

Behavior

The Behavior helper script allows you to create simple interactions without writing any custom script

Scripting

Lens Studio provides a scripting engine, enabling your Lenses can respond to touch input, play animation and audio, modify Scene Objects, and more

Visual Scripting

Visual Scripting is a node based scripting solution that is great for those new to interactivity, or wanting to learn to program

Touch Input

You can add interactivity to the Lenses you create in Lens Studio by handling user touch input events

Push the Boundaries of AR

Leverage state-of-the-art machine learning to understand what is seen and heard. Use the cloud to connect to APIs and your friends.

Add and Respond to Audio

Go beyond the camera: add immersive sounds, or respond to the user's voice.

Playing Audio

This guide walks you through how to play sound in your Lens

Speech Recognition

Learn how Speech Recognition works in Lens Studio and Snapchat with VoiceML

Text To Speech

VoiceML's Text To Speech module enables users to be able to convert text to speech in Lenses

Audio Effects

Audio Effects are applied to the audio that the microphone recorded

Utilizing Machine Learning with SnapML

Through Machine Learning and the cloud, you can take your experience to the next level.

SnapML

In this guide, we will go over some of the bigger concepts that underlie how machine learning works within Lens Studio and Snapchat

ML Component

Although neural networks have been already widely presented in Lens Studio - in 3D face tracking, segmentation, object tracking, SnapML allows users to create their own Lens features based on neural networks

Classifying Objects with Scan

The Scan function allows users to scan objects, places, cars and dogs in the world with a massive database of item labels within a Lens

Remote Service Module

The Remote Service Module allows you to obtain data from external APIs and use them in your Lenses

Expand your creations with Lens Cloud

Power a new generation of AR experiences that are more dynamic and interactive than ever before.

Lens Cloud

Lens Cloud is a collection of backend services, built on the same infrastructure that powers Snapchat. Lens Cloud vastly expands what developers can build in Augmented Reality

Persistent Cloud Storage

Persistent Cloud Storage allows you to store data in the cloud, such that it can persist across account logins, as well as be shared in a multiplayer session

Remote Assets

Remote Assets are assets that are stored in the remote storage and not bundled into the Lens. Instead, they are downloaded on demand and used as normal assets once the download succeeds

Connected Lenses

Connected Lenses are a type of Lens that allows you to pass and store data between devices that are running the same Lens, whether they’re in the same location or in different locations. Connected Lenses allow you to create AR experiences that friends can experience together at the same time, and return to over time

Take advantage of Snapchat's distribution, as well as the desktop and AR Glasses. You can even bring it to your own app.

Publish your Experience

Deploy your AR experiences for the world all within Lens Studio.

Submitting Your Lens

Learn about the steps needed to submit your Lens to Snapchat

Lens Analytics

Lens Insights help you learn more about your audience and how your Lenses are used in Snapchat so you can create more relevant content and iterate on your Lenses to reach your goals

Optimizing Lenses

Since Lenses are designed to work on mobile devices, it is important that they are optimized to have a small footprint so that it can be downloaded quickly by users as well as run on a variety of devices

Submission Guidelines

All Lenses submitted are subject to Snap’s Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and the Lens Studio Terms, and must follow all Snap policies governing the use of our products or services

Attract engagement both within, and beyond Snapchat.

Lens Discovery

Across Snapchat, AR Experiences are discovered and engaged with in the form of Lenses. In this guide, you will learn how Lenses are discovered along with a series of best practices for sharing your Lenses to the world.

Sharing Your Lens

This guide walks through best practices for sharing your Lenses to the world!

Discoverability with Scan Triggers

In addition to unlocking Lenses directly from a Snapcode, Lens Link, or Lens Explorer, Snapchatters can also discover your Lenses using Scan

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Push the Boundaries of AR​

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Utilizing Machine Learning with SnapML​

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