Beginner's Guide - Download and Install Spark AR Studio

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Through photos and videos on social media platforms such as Tik Tok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook, you've probably come across a number of effects/filters and felt the urge to create your own. In this Social Augmented Reality (Social AR) article, we have focused on providing a simple and step-by-step guide to beginners on how to download and Install on Windows the software Spark AR studio, which is used to create Augmented Reality effects (filters) for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.

Prerequisites and Requirements

To download Spark AR Studio software, your windows machine must be connected to the internet and must meet the following requirements for a successful installation.

• Operating system: Windows 10 (64 bit) or +
• RAM: 4 GB.
• CPU (if Intel): Intel Core i3 2.5Ghz, or AMD Bulldozer/Jaguar/Puma/Zen with SSE4.1 instruction set. Processors produced in the last decade will likely support this instruction set.
• GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000/Nvidia GeForce 710/AMD Radeon HD 6450.
• Display: 1280 x 768 resolution or higher.

What is Spark AR Studio?

Spark AR Studio is a free-to-use augmented reality (AR) software that allows users to easily create augmented reality experiences (filters/effects) for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.

Spark AR Studio is an augmented reality platform for Mac and Windows that allows you to easily create AR effects for mobile cameras and share them with the world on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. It is a fully free software developed by Meta that provides all essential functions needed to build Social AR experiences with or without code.

Spark AR Studio is very easy to use and compatible with popular assets such as images, audio, text, 3D objects, textures, and scripts. Spark AR comes preloaded with numerous project templates and an AR library (containing audio, textures, 3D objects, scripts, audios, scripts, and patches) to give you the inspiration, and resources you need to speed up your development process. In addition, you may import and combine your own textures and objects with the Spark AR features to create a huge range of effects from simple masks to interactive games. It is the largest platform for mobile AR with over 600,000 creators worldwide.

It’s an app that everyone can use to create AR filters/ effects for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger.

Now that we know what Spark AR is, let's look at how to download it.

How to download Spark AR Studio?

• The most common way to download Spark AR is by visiting the official website (opens in a new tab) using a web browser like Opera, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.

• and clicking on "download" at the bottom left of the page that appears on your screen.

When the loading begins, the Spark AR hub will open in a new tab. Spark AR hub is an online platform, that Spark AR creators use to publish their effects on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger. It also allows creators to manage, track and understand the performance of their effects’ reception among the audience. In the future, We will publish a specific article on Spark AR hub that will provide everything you need to know regarding this platform.

The installation file will be automatically downloaded and saved to your computer.

How to install Spark AR Studio?

After downloading, Spark AR studio does not begin to install automatically. You must first locate the installation/executable file and double-click it to begin the installation process. (It will usually be in your "Downloads" folder.)

You can follow the steps below to install the application.

A dialog box will appear. Follow the instructions to install the software. It will prompt confirmation to make changes to your system. Click on Yes.

• On the window box presented to you, click on the button " Run "

• Then click on the button " Next "

• Accept the terms in the license agreement and click on " Next "

• In the new window, click again on " Next "

• Choose the local disk on which you want to install Spark AR, we advise you to leave the default values and simply click on " Next "
• On the resulting page, click on " Install "

• Finally, click on "Finish" to complete the installation.

At this point, Spark AR Studio is successfully installed on the system and an icon is created on the desktop.

Now let's check if the installation was successful by launching the application.

How to launch Spark AR Studio?

• Spark AR Studio does not start automatically after installation. To launch it, go to the home page of your Windows PC.

• Double-click the Spark AR Studio icon on your desktop, if it isn't there, type "Spark AR" in the search bar located at the bottom left of your screen and near the white square made up of four other white squares representing your computer menu. Click on the Spark AR icon in the search results and wait a few seconds for the application to launch.

• Log in with your Facebook or create one if you do not already have one.

  Why do you need a Facebook account? Spark AR is a Meta (ex.Facebook) product, and the account will allow you to share your AR effect on the Meta family of apps (Instagram, Facebook, Messenger).

• After logging in with your Facebook, a window will open on the screen with something like this.

  congratulations, you have successfully installed Spark AR Studio.

Where to go next

• Introduction to the Spark AR Studio interface If you are completely new to augmented reality and Spark AR, Here is everything you need to navigate the interface and get comfortable using Spark AR.

• Get started with Spark AR Studio is a video tutorial that will walk you through the Spark AR Studio interface and assist you in creating and testing your first makeup effect in just a few simple steps!

• Finding Your Way Around the Interface is a video to help you find your way around the main areas of the Spark AR Studio interface, import a 3D object and position it in the scene. You'll also make the object appear when the back camera is pointed at a flat surface in the world, creating a simple world effect.

• Make your first Instagram filter is a tutorial to teach you how to create your own first AR effect and showcase it on Instagram.

• Learn the basics of Spark AR by creating your FanMask filter through this tutorial, you will be guided on how to easily create your own face paint AR filter for sports fans and share it on the Meta family of apps like Instagram.

Conclusion

We have come to the end of this article, in which we introduced you to Spark AR and highlighted the "clicks" to follow in order to download and install Spark AR. We hope you find it useful.

Stay with us since we will be back shortly to discuss on spark AR interface and how to create a High-quality face effect. see you!!!

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