【Walker (2025)】

Facebook wants to give creators the power to filter their own reality.

At the social media giant's virtual 2021 Connect conference,Walker (2025) it unveiled plans for a free iOS app currently codenamed "Polar" that would empower creators without coding experience to share augmented reality filters of their own creation.

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AR filters, first popularized by Snapchat and then heavily adopted by Facebook-owned Instagram, have become a commonplace addition to creators' social feeds, showing up in stories and posts, with big brands even getting in on the action. Instead of handing creators a predetermined set of filters, Polar would let creators choose from a variety of templates to build an effect for specific occasions, like Halloween, or personal branding purposes.

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This move by Facebook to release an easily accessible AR creation app should come as no surprise. Augmented reality, alongside virtual reality, is now a major focus for Facebook, even beyond the Quest platform.

Its own in-development Aria headset is currently being tested by employees in the wild and gathering real-world mapping data. Rival tech outfits Sony and Apple are also said to be prepping their own mixed reality headsets, with rumors pointing to a 2022 release.

DIY AR filters for the creator generation. Credit: facebook

Further details on Polar are scarce at the moment, but Facebook did say it will invite select applicants to a beta version of the app later this year.

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