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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by mcintyre1994 on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:16PM (#12801628)
Is the reason AR benefits from billions of photos of the real world a secret, or is there something you can point to to read about that? I'm intrigued :)

Also, you probably know better than me, but to me it looks like the beauty filters are the ones that have really stuck for Snapchat. If I'm right and their users only really care about filters that make them look better, does that affect your outlook at all regarding their users showing an interest in AR?

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Re:Snapchat Seeks to Raise as Much as $4B in IPO by AndrewKemendo on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @08:33PM (#12802010)
The simple answer is that you can make very large 3D maps with those images.

I disagree with your second assumption, though I can see where it comes from. It's not so much the specific implementation, beauty or whimsy, but rather that people will take the action of modifying their real time view consistently.

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