Augmented Reality filters are coming to the fediverse, first with Loops and soon Pixelfed!

[kdekooter@mastodon.social]

@dansup WHY???

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@kdekooter People like them?

[doopledi@sauna.social]

@dansup @kdekooter smurf or furry avatars when

[dequei@masto.es]

@dansup Is this 100% offline filters or is this using a server somewhere?

[doopledi@sauna.social]

@dansup @kdekooter i actually did a test of ultra lowband video conferencing with simple face replacement but the resulting video file was so well optimized it hit the "minimum file size limit" in loops so i couldnt paste it

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@Dequei great question, this is in fact 100% offline and uses system (Metal on iOS) APIs to handle real time preview and rendering.

[sturmsucht@mastodon.social]

@dansup Is this more important than the new UI?

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@sturmsucht This is the last remaining milestone for the Loops grant that expires on March 1st, so I'd say yes.

[sturmsucht@mastodon.social]

@dansup thanks for the transparency

[baralheia@dragonchat.org]

@dansup Would be awesome if there was a way to make the AR filters modular, there could be a plugin ecosystem for devs to make their own filters for Loops!

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@baralheia Yes, that is my plan!

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@dansup Please let me know when I can get my Hoffman lenses, thx https://jwz.org/b/ykxj

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@jwz haha, I'll see what I can do!

[moellus@wandzeitung.xyz]

@jwz @dansup TIL jwz.org

[cenbe@techhub.social]

@dansup Brilliant use of programmers' time. The really important stuff.

[ashmeshedup@mastodon.social]

@Cenbe @dansup well, it is.
As a part of the NLnet foundation grant for Loops, work on AR filters is a milestone to be reached by March (I think it's March). So I'd say that's pretty important.

And it's just a fun feature. Fun features that users will like are definitely a good use of the developers time (even apart from being required by the grant), wouldn't you say?

[moralapostel@troet.cafe]

@dansup Uninformed people all over the world may like to vote for fascists. Should we do it anyway?
Yes, it's a bad comparison. But in my opinion, it illustrates well why you shouldn't do everything that people like.
@kdekooter

[anatolegc@piaille.fr]

@moralapostel @dansup @kdekooter Are AR filters harmful by any mean (directly or not? This is a real question

[moralapostel@troet.cafe]

@anatolegc Yes, in my opinion it does. It copies "trends" from addictive platforms. The Fediverse should strictly refuse to do this. What comes next? An algorithm?
@dansup @kdekooter

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@moralapostel @anatolegc @kdekooter How is an AR filter harmful, when you don't need to even finish uploading the video to Loops, you can literally record a video then save it and share it to a specific person outside of Loops.

It's not that different from editing a photo and sharing it. That happens a lot. Where is the harm?