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Spark AR is Facebook’s free AR creation platform that enables users to create interactive AR experiences for Facebook and Instagram. More than 400,000 creators in 190 countries have used Spark AR to create their own AR creations

Since the software requires no coding knowledge to use, anyone can now lead the world by creating the next crazy viral Instagram AR effects with little experience in the AR world.

Specialized AR filter designers can cost anywhere from $1,000 to $30,000.

Connect patches and create a patch map

Connect patches using their ports (dots on each patch).

The patch can only be connected from left to right. This means that you always connect one port on the right side of the patch (called the output port) to another port on the left side of the patch (called the input port).

Link the patch

Connect the patches together:

  • Click and hold the first port.
  • Drag the connector to the second port.

You should see a gray line appear, which turns blue once the connection is found. Only compatible ports will be visible, and ports will be grayed out with incompatible data points.

If you let go, you should see the connections between the patches.

Output multiple links

An output can have multiple output connections, but an input can only have one input connection. This means that the results of the output port can be applied to multiple patches.

Disconnect the link

To disconnect the patch:

  • Select a port and press the Delete key on your keyboard.
  • Select the output port, drag the connection to a blank area, and then release it.

Take a chestnut

Here are the chestnuts of the simple graph

The diagram uses the following functions:

  • A series of producer patches represent the face tracker.
  • An intermediate patch, Smile. The patch can detect that the person using the effect is smiling.
  • Three consumer patches, each representing the Visible properties of three objects in the scene.

As a result of connecting these patches, the effect of 3 objects appears when an open-mouthed face is detected.

Let’s take a closer look at how the patch in this image does this.

The Face output port in the Face tracker patch captures the data detected by the Face tracker. It’s linked to a Smile patch that narrates the message to focus on facial movements.

When a Smile is detected, the Smile patch outputs a signal. When we connect the output of the Smile patch to the input of the Visible patch, this means that the object will be Visible when the Smile is detected.