{"id":22272,"date":"2022-05-02T10:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=22272"},"modified":"2022-05-03T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:37:37","slug":"snap-unveils-flying-camera-and-features-for-augmented-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/snap-unveils-flying-camera-and-features-for-augmented-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap Unveils Flying Camera And Features For Augmented Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"arIndex_0\" data-ar-index=\"0\">Snap has unveiled a pocket-sized camera while introducing new features that make it easier for brands to create augmented reality experiences for Snapchat app users.<\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_1\" data-ar-index=\"1\">The pocket-sized camera, called Pixy, can fly a few feet above its owner to take photos and videos before it lands in the palm of his hand. Pixy will cost $230 and will be sold in the United States and France.<\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_2\" data-ar-index=\"2\">New features to create better AR experiences include more data storage for AR developers and a new feature called &#8220;Dress Up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_3\" data-ar-index=\"3\">The new data storage provides more storage space and allows developers to create more complex AR experiences.<\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_4\" data-ar-index=\"4\">The &#8220;Dress Up&#8221; feature on Snapchat allows users to browse AR shopping filters that allow them to virtually try on clothes and accessories.<\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_5\" data-ar-index=\"5\">&#8220;We believe there&#8217;s a tremendous amount of opportunity to build tools that are connected to what we see in front of us,&#8221; said Bobby Murphy, co-founder and chief technology officer at Snap.<\/p>\n<p id=\"arIndex_6\" data-ar-index=\"6\">The sources for this piece include an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/snap-pushes-into-augmented-reality-shopping-unveils-flying-camera-2022-04-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snap has unveiled a pocket-sized camera while introducing new features that make it easier for brands to create augmented reality experiences for Snapchat app users. The pocket-sized camera, called Pixy, can fly a few feet above its owner to take photos and videos before it lands in the palm of his hand. Pixy will cost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,57,378],"tags":[232],"class_list":["post-22272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-companies","category-digital-transformation","tag-snapchat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22274,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22272\/revisions\/22274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}