• Native Caption Component lets you add a caption bar to your Lens that a Snapchatter can edit directly.

• Gaussian Splatting

  • Upload video to generate 3D asset

  • Object selection for extraction

• Animations

  • Expanded animation library

  • Upload custom animation files

• 3D Assets Generation

  • Supporting .glb and .fbx formats

• Spatial Anchors API (Beta) (Spectacles)

  • Persist content between Lens sessions.

• Fetch and Base64 APIs (Spectacles)

  • Simplify web endpoint calls and camera frame exchange.

• Image Spatialization API (Spectacles)

  • Convert 2D images to 3D using generative AI.

• Location API (Beta) (Spectacles)

  • Access device GPS coordinates for location-based experiences.

• Web View Component (Spectacles)

  • Embed web pages directly into your Lenses.

• New interactive sample scene (Spectacles Interaction Kit)

  • Showcasing Spectacles Interaction Kit (SIK) capabilities
    

• Interactive Preview

• Leaderboard Custom Component now is going to create a new leaderboard each Day/Week/Month/Year instead of having Score lifetime for each score individually. Also preview options and minor fixes were added.

• Connected Lenses DevEx Improvement in Preview

  • In most cases(not based on “ConnectedLensEnteredEvent”), users don’t need to click “Join Connected Lenses Session” and “Reset” in each preview one by one, including opening a Connected Lenses Project, adding a Connected Lens Module and clicking “Randomize new Session ID”. SessionJoining will be ready automatically for all previews, including new opened previews.

  • If Lenses is based on “ConnectedLensEnteredEvent”, clicking “Join Connected Lenses Session” is required to trigger this event.

• Introduced validation statuses indication in Project Settings

• Animations Plugin

  • Search by animation description

• Body Morph Plugin, Head Morph Plugin V2, 3DAG Plugin V2, Face ML Effect Plugin V2, Immersive ML Effect Plugin V2

  • UX/UI improvements

• Fixed issue with Spectacles Overlay Window size

• Fixed application crash during component pin and clearing fields selection

• Fixed application crash in cases when script is resetting without asset

• Fixed application crash in some cases of asset update

• Fixed application crash in case of old project updated with new version of application

• Fixed issue when script inputs were cleared in case of update script with incorrect data

• Fixed issue when application is showing incorrect name of blendshape

• Fixed issue with unpacked Leaderboard component

• Fixed application crash when user is trying to select Gaussian Splatting component

• Fixed application crash during ML Eraser component import

• Eye Color component has been fixed with Mode to allow to use texture or color

• Fixed tracking data for Face and Head mesh
  

• Script Graph is largely not functional. Graphs will not execute in the scene or in published lenses. Most nodes are not addable. See more in the [Migration Guide](https://docs.snap.com/lens-studio/learning-lens-studio/getting-started/migrating-to-lens-studio-5).

Windows 10 (64 bit); MacOS 10.15+

Minimum of Intel Core i3 2.5Ghz or AMD FX 4300 2.6Ghz or Apple M1 with 4 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