Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. Snap’s second official app is a ...

Snapchat is finally opening up so outside developers can help it offer infinite augmented reality experiences beyond those it designs in-house. Today, Snap launches the Lens Studio AR developer tool ...

As fun as Snapchat's augmented reality World Lenses can be, there are only so many times you can see a headphone-toting hot dog before you crave something new. Wouldn't it be nice if you could make ...

Snap is opening up to more creators. The self-proclaimed camera company released Lens Studio on Thursday as a way for developers to build augmented-reality experiences for Snapchat. The tool, ...

October is here and that means it's time for spooky Snaps. While Snapchat usually has quite a few Halloween Lenses to choose from, you can easily make your own Lens. If you're ready to get creative, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Damiani covers AI, ClimateTech, and emerging media. If there was any doubt before, Q3 2019 has made clear that Snap is ...

Snapchat is now letting users create DIY augmented reality World Lenses. On Thursday, December 14, Snapchat announced Lens Studio, a desktop app that allows anyone to create a lens, submit it for ...

Snap is kicking off its Partner Summit in Los Angeles with a few announcements about the feature that makes Snapchat tick: augmented reality Lenses. For starters, Lens Studio, which lets anyone create ...

Snapchat has been continually working on various resources, programs, and gadgets such as Snap Lens Network, GHOST, and Spectacles, that it offers its partners, developers, and creators, to enrich ...

Thanks to Lens Studio, Snapchat now has more than 100,000 different lenses. Thanks to Lens Explorer, you will soon be able to use them. On Tuesday, July 10, Snapchat announced Lens Explorer, a new ...