Snap wants to integrate your Bitmoji into games

Snap wants to bring your Bitmoji into the games you play. It launched a new Bitmoji for Games SDK that will let developers do just that. The SDK will support games built in Unity, the Unreal Engine, and Snap’s own in-house PlayCanvas engine. The company selected developers who will gain free access to the SDK. It’ll work by using the Snapchat app to scan an in-game code that links the game to your Snapchat account. The plan is to bring this feature to games on the PC, consoles, as well as mobile.

Source: The Verge

Snapchat introduces Lenses for dogs

After making Lenses available for cats, dogs are getting the love this month from Snapchat. Snapchat Lenses is now available for dogs. This means that when you add filters or masks to your four-legged baby, the app will be able to detect your canine in the frame and put funny masks or stickers on them. Right now, there are only a handful of filters available but Snapchat promises to bring more in the future.

Source: Ubergizmo

Snapchat loses its head for content

Snapchat’s Vice President of Content Nick Bell is stepping down from his position. Bell posted a memo to his staff confirming his departure. It didn’t say why he was leaving though. Bell, who has been with Snap for the past five years, was in charge of helping the company’s media partners produce original content that appears in the Discover section of the app. And while it isn’t clear how successful this section has been, Bell’s departure suggests it hasn’t been as popular as expected. He will be replaced by Jared Grusd, who was appointed last month as Snapchat’s chief strategy officer.

Source: Engadget

Snapchat comes to the desktop with Snap Camera

Before you get ahead of yourself, Snapchat coming to the desktop isn’t the same as its mobile counterpart. Instead, Snap Camera is designed to add custom lenses to other video conferencing and social desktop apps, such as Twitch, Skype, and YouTube. The free app is coming to Windows 10 and macOS and is designed to run in the background as a camera output. Through the app, you get access to “thousands” of lenses, which is accessible via a gallery within the app. You don’t need a Snapchat account to use it.

Twitch users seem to get a special feature though as broadcasters and viewers can unlock special Snap Camera lenses in broadcasts by scanning QR codes. Some of these lenses include faces of characters from games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and League of Legends. The minimum system requirements you’ll need to get Snap Camera running include a PC or Mac with an Intel Core i3 processor clocked at least 2.5GHz or an AMD Phenom II clocked at 2.6GHz, 4GB of RAM, and a screen resolution of 1,280 x 768 or higher.

Source: Digital Trends