Facebook wants to make their own version of the Snapchat dancing hot dog—and they’ve opened their augmented reality studio up to creators to do it. The new “world effects” are AR (and often cute) characters and items for users to overlay into their surroundings—ranging from robots to balloons. Right now, the effects are available on Facebook and Messenger but selection is limited. However, Facebook hopes opening up the AR studio to creators will encourage creators to “bring [their] art to life.” (Mashable)
