• Native Caption Component lets you add a caption bar to your Lens that a Snapchatter can edit directly.

• Gaussian Splatting

  • Upload video to generate 3D asset

  • Object selection for extraction

• Animations

  • Expanded animation library

  • Upload custom animation files

• 3D Assets Generation

  • Supporting .glb and .fbx formats

• Spatial Anchors API (Beta) (Spectacles)

  • Persist content between Lens sessions.

• Fetch and Base64 APIs (Spectacles)

  • Simplify web endpoint calls and camera frame exchange.

• Image Spatialization API (Spectacles)

  • Convert 2D images to 3D using generative AI.

• Location API (Beta) (Spectacles)

  • Access device GPS coordinates for location-based experiences.

• Web View Component (Spectacles)

  • Embed web pages directly into your Lenses.

• New interactive sample scene (Spectacles Interaction Kit)

  • Showcasing Spectacles Interaction Kit (SIK) capabilities
    

• Interactive Preview

• Leaderboard Custom Component now is going to create a new leaderboard each Day/Week/Month/Year instead of having Score lifetime for each score individually. Also preview options and minor fixes were added.

• Connected Lenses DevEx Improvement in Preview

  • In most cases(not based on “ConnectedLensEnteredEvent”), users don’t need to click “Join Connected Lenses Session” and “Reset” in each preview one by one, including opening a Connected Lenses Project, adding a Connected Lens Module and clicking “Randomize new Session ID”. SessionJoining will be ready automatically for all previews, including new opened previews.

  • If Lenses is based on “ConnectedLensEnteredEvent”, clicking “Join Connected Lenses Session” is required to trigger this event.

• Introduced validation statuses indication in Project Settings

• Animations Plugin

  • Search by animation description

• Body Morph Plugin, Head Morph Plugin V2, 3DAG Plugin V2, Face ML Effect Plugin V2, Immersive ML Effect Plugin V2

  • UX/UI improvements

• Fixed issue with Spectacles Overlay Window size

• Fixed application crash during component pin and clearing fields selection

• Fixed application crash in cases when script is resetting without asset

• Fixed application crash in some cases of asset update

• Fixed application crash in case of old project updated with new version of application

• Fixed issue when script inputs were cleared in case of update script with incorrect data

• Fixed issue when application is showing incorrect name of blendshape

• Fixed issue with unpacked Leaderboard component

• Fixed application crash when user is trying to select Gaussian Splatting component

• Fixed application crash during ML Eraser component import

• Eye Color component has been fixed with Mode to allow to use texture or color

• Fixed tracking data for Face and Head mesh
  

• Script Graph is largely not functional. Graphs will not execute in the scene or in published lenses. Most nodes are not addable. See more in the [Migration Guide](https://docs.snap.com/lens-studio/learning-lens-studio/getting-started/migrating-to-lens-studio-5).

Windows 10 (64 bit); MacOS 10.15+

Minimum of Intel Core i3 2.5Ghz or AMD FX 4300 2.6Ghz or Apple M1 with 4 GB RAM; Intel HD Graphics 5000 / Nvidia GeForce 760 / AMD Radeon HD 5570 or better; screen resolution of 1280x768 or higher

Please make sure that you have the latest driver for your specific graphics card installed

Lens Studio 5.3 is compatible with Snap OS v5.58 and later.

Compatibility Matrix

If you are a Camera Kit developer please review the Lens Studio compatibility table to ensure your Lens will work in your application.