YouTube Stories now have Snapchat-like filters

With every social network is offering filters for different things, the latest one who jumped in the AR filter pool is the YouTube. Now YouTube Stories now have Snapchat-like filters. YouTube Stories and ARCore now offer the Augmented Faces API. So, users can add glasses, masks, hats and other items to short video clips. Google said that its use of 3D mesh has resulted in more realistic filters.

YouTube Stories and Filters

Google is its blog said that they are thrilled to share this new technology with creators, users and developers alike. They can use this new technology right away by downloading the latest ARCore SDK. In the future Google has planned to widen this technology to more of its products. Now, YouTube Stories now have Snapchat-like filters but initially it for those who have subscribers more than 10 K.

These filter are developed are associated with ARCore. That simulates light reflections for realistic rendering of glasses, keeps the lighting natural and models face occlusions to hide virtual object parts.

Talking about the development process  Google Stated ,“One of the key challenges in making these AR features possible is proper anchoring of the virtual content to the real world; a process that requires a unique set of perceptive technologies able to track the highly dynamic surface geometry across every smile, frown or smirk.”

Google sys that, its “unique set of sensitive technologies allow it to create a 3D image with only a single camera and without a dedicated depth sensor. Due to machine learning, the new Augmented Faces API is enhanced able to crop faces, which reduces noise and tracks movement more realistically.

The instrument can sense and recompense for camera flaws and extreme lighting, meaning it will simulate light reflections off of AR glasses and cast virtual shadows to match natural lighting. Google says the filters allow for more realistic makeup effects as well.