Meta said on Tuesday (27 August) that it will shut down Meta-Sparkits platform, which offers third-party tools and content, on January 14.
When the platform closes, the third-party augmented reality (AR) effects it hosts will no longer be available, the company said Tuesday. Blog post.
Metas own AR effects will continue to be available to users in all of the company’s apps, including on facebook., Instagram And messengeraccordingly FAQ released in connection with the article.
“This decision is part of our larger effort to prioritize the products that we believe will best meet the future needs of our consumers and business customers alike,” Meta said in the post.
The company added in the FAQs that it remains committed to AR and the metaverse.
“Meta is committed to our long-term investments in new computing platforms that will take us beyond today’s 2D experiences on mobile,” it says in an FAQ. “With the decision to retire the Meta Spark platform, we are also shifting our resources to the next generation of experiences, via new form factors like glasses.”
Those who use Spark and third-party AR effects can continue to do so until the Disconnection of The platformaccording to the article. If Meta Spark disappears, users will no longer be able to add third-party AR effectsbut every Content posted on any of Meta’s social media platforms that uses AR effects will not be affected, the FAQs say.
Meta added in the post that it launched Meta Spark seven years ago. at once when AR experiences were new to most consumers, and that there was a community of developers, companies And other stakeholders over this time.
“Since then, imagination, innovation And Creativity of our AR creator community has has helped extend the reach of AR to hundreds of millions of people across metaplatforms,” the company said in the post.
During a conference call on July 31, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he plans to incorporate more artificial intelligence into future generations of Data glasses and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets. He announced further announcements related to AI and Metaverse developments at Meta’s upcoming Connect conference on 25-26 September.
