Spectacles developers: Lens Studio 5.7 will be compatible with the upcoming Spectacles OS version, stay tuned!

• VFX Crowds asset in the Asset Library creates a dynamic crowd system capable of interacting with the user, each other, and the world! This feature utilizes a number of advanced rendering techniques, showcasing the flexibility of Lens scripting and the VFX graph. 

• Lens Profiler has a new workflow (choose “Send to All Snapchat with Lens Profiler”) that displays your trace results on an improved web viewer for easier profiling.

• [Spectacles] Custom Location Group allows a Lens to track content onto one or more previously scanned real-world locations.

• New APIs: 

  • Asynchronous instantiate glTF, detect when a device is connected to the internet, convert UTF8 to UTF16, and more!

  • [Spectacles] New APIs to detect grab gestures or if a phone is in a user’s hand, to determine source (e.g. GNSS)/altitude/timestamp, to access high resolution captures from the camera, and to detect when Lenses are backgrounded through an `onPause` and `onResume`  event.

• Significantly improved project open and package import times.

• Bitmoji 3D component now supports asynchronous instantiation that improves performance of Lenses with multiple Bitmoji Avatars. Open the Asset Library, and press Update on `Bitmoji 3D` asset to get the new version. 

• Editor Scripting API improvements: 

  • Increased access to panels through new DockManager APIs, including add, remove, highlight, and activate. Also, you may fetch all currently opened panels through the .panels property. 

• Transitions Library has added the ability to select events to start a transition in the Transition Executor custom component. Additionally, there is a new category: Fast Transitions.

• Gaussian Splatting has an improved workflow: Asset Preview when selecting an asset, and Gaussian Splatting Materials now support Instance ID and Surface UV nodes.

• Added a “Refine Edge” option in Body Instance Segmentation Texture.

• Added a new Align to Camera node for VFX, replacing the subgraph.

• [Spectacles] More performant offline wired push to accelerate Lens testing.

• [Spectacles] Leaderboard module is now supported on Spectacles.

• UI/UX Improvements: 

  • Giphy has been moved from the Window Menu to the `Asset Browser` panel’s  `+` menu.

  • Gizmo to control object transform has improved predictability.

  • Default Tracking Video as a User Preferences.

  • Home Screen is now a Separate Window.

  • New Scripting Section in Assets Browser panel’s `+` menu.

• API documentation now provides a list of available components, assets, and providers for easier API exploration.

• Fixed issue with Photo Asset.

• Fixed an issue with Warmup for VFX.

• Fixed preview not updating on deletion of assets referenced by Materials and VFX Assets.

Windows 10 (64 bit); MacOS 12.0+

Minimum of Intel Core i3 2.5Ghz or AMD FX 4300 2.6Ghz or Apple M1 with 8 GB RAM; Intel HD Graphics 5000 / Nvidia GeForce 760 / AMD Radeon HD 5570 or better; screen resolution of 1280x768 or higher

Please make sure that you have the latest driver for your specific graphics card installed