Middle East – October 15, 2020: Snapchat has announced the launch of Lens Studio 3.2, an update to Snap’s powerful, free augmented reality (AR) creation tool that lets any creator or developer build their own Lenses and publish them directly on Snapchat. 

Within the upgrade, Lens Studio now lets AR creators and developers build LiDAR-powered Lenses for the new iPhone 12 Pro. The state-of-the-art LiDAR Scanner on iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max enables immersive AR experiences that overlay more seamlessly onto the real world. It lets Snapchat’s camera see a metric scale mesh of the scene, understanding the geometry and meaning of surfaces and objects. 

This new level of scene understanding allows Lenses to interact realistically with the surrounding world. Thanks to the power of A14 Bionic and ARKit, AR creators and developers can render thousands of AR objects in real-time, letting them create immersive, magical environments for the whole Snapchat community to explore.

“The addition of the LiDAR Scanner to iPhone 12 Pro models enables a new level of creativity for augmented reality,” said Eitan Pilipski, Snap’s SVP of Camera Platform. “We’re excited to collaborate with Apple to bring this sophisticated technology to our Lens Creator community.”  

Through a new interactive preview mode in Lens Studio 3.2, AR creators and developers can create Lenses and preview them in the world, even before people get their hands on the new iPhone 12 Pro.

Lens Studio 3.2 is also available on Apple’s latest iPad Pro to bring LiDAR-powered Lenses to life.