Community
Challenges
Now accepting submissions through AprilĀ 30
Developers, areĀ youĀ up for aĀ šĀ challenge?
Each month you'll get a chance to win prizes up to $5K from a prize pool of $22K building for Spectacles! Create and submit a new Spectacles Lens, an update to existing Lens or an open source Lens and share it with the community to expand your skills and monetize creating AR experiences for the real world - with Lens Studio, for Spectacles!
TASK AND CATEGORIES
Your task in this challenge is to use Lens Studio to create a new Spectacles Lens, an open source Lens or to significantly update an existing Spectacles Lens youāve created. Here are the 3 categories you can submit for:
New Lens
Your Lens has to be built and published for Spectacles. Your work has to pass the quality bar for being published to Lens Explorer to be eligible to win a prize.
Lens Update
For an update to be eligible, aĀ substantial new feature or content must have been added to the Lens. Bug fixes or minor updates such as adding a button do not count.
Open Source Lens
Your Lens has to be made open source on GitHub. For this category, it is not required for the Lens to be published to win a prize. For example, if the Lens uses Experimental APIs, then it cannot be published but if open sourced it can still win a prize in this category.
Important note!
Your New Lens or Lens Update can also win in the Open Source category, if you make it open source on GitHub!
Prizes
Each month you'll have a chance to win one of 11 prizes from the $22,000 prize pool!
New Lens
1st Place:
$5,000
2nd Place:
$3,000
3rd Place:
$2,000
4th Place:
$1,000
Lens Update
1st Place:
$3,000
2 x 2nd Place:
$2,000
2 x 3rd Place:
$1,000
Open Source
$1,000
Important note!
Spectacles Lenses currently funded by the Spectacles Lens Fund are not eligible in this challenge.
If your Lens has been funded in the past, but is not currently, you can submit for and potentially win a prize in the Lens Update category.
If your Lens has been funded in the past, but is not currently, you can submit for and potentially win a prize in the Lens Update category.
Judging Criteria
Judges at Snap will use criteria described below to determine the winners each month:
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Ā Lens Quality
User Experience
Lens is intuitive to use, easy to navigate, and delivers user value. Interactions feel natural and responsive.
Completeness & Depth
Lens feels complete and provides recurring value. If there is storytelling, there is a beginning, middle and end, and a way to repeat.
Design & Polish
Lens is visually appealing and polished, with attention to detail in both aesthetics and functionality.
Retentive Value
Lens has mechanisms that encourage users to return to the Lens over time.
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Ā Engagement
Number of Unique Users
Lens Play Time
Important note!
Engagement metrics will be accounted for only for the New Lens and Lens Update Categories.
How To Join
Follow the steps below to take part in the Spectacles Community Challenge:
- Sign up for Snapchat in order to build on Lens Studio
- Download Lens Studio
- Create and publish a Spectacles Lens by following the Lens publishing guidelines (note: approval can take 24-48 hours)
- Capture a video of your Lens that is up to 30 seconds
- Register and submit your Lens using theĀ form below
- Share your video and a link to unlock your Lens on the Spectacles Community Subreddit, so that everyone can give it a try!
Timeline
In this challenge, next month means a new prize draw! If you register and submit your Spectacles Lens in April, youāll have a chance to win prizes announced in May. See this month's timeline below.
Spectacles Lens Examples
When it comes to building for Spectacles, the sky is the limit!
You can create games, both single and multiplayer, Connected Lenses aiming to bring people together, utility-based experiences focused on navigation, translation or learning, world-building Lenses with objects persisting in your surroundings, spatial galleries, AI assistants andā¦ so much more!
Get inspired by examples below and come up with your own real-world AR experiences.
RPG
Aidan Wolf
Origami Plane
Inna Horobchuk
Pool Aimer
ANRK
Polar Explorer
xrprof
Stay Focus
gowaaa
Sign of Doom
Jeetesh Singh
Xbow Shooter
Busterwood Studio
Learning Materials
Take advantage of sample projects, tutorials and all theĀ amazing resources and tools from the Lens Studio AssetĀ Library.
Join the Spectacles Developer Program
and Get Your Specs!
and Get Your Specs!
Apply to join the Spectacles Developer Program to build, play, and test with Spectacles.
A subscription includes the use of one Spectacles device and is $99 plus tax per month (US)/ā¬110 including VAT (EU) with a 12 month commitment required, where permitted by law.
Currently available in select countries only.
Currently available in select countries only.
Students and teachers enrolled or working at accredited educational institutions are eligible for educational pricing of $49.50/ā¬55 per month. Subscription not applicable in all countries. Limited Availability.
Terms apply.
Terms apply.
How to Apply:
Step 1
Download and install the latest version of Lens Studio on your Windows or Mac computer.
Step 2
Launch Lens Studio from yourĀ computer.
Step 3
Apply for the Spectacles Developer Program using the form in Lens Studio. The form opens automatically on launch or can be accessed by clicking the banner at the top of Lens Studio.
FAQ
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Who can take part?
Residents of which countries can not take part?
How to join?
Can I join the Spectacles Community Challenge if I donāt have Spectacles yet?
Do I need to have a Snapchat account?
Is there any entry fee to take part in this Challenge?
Can Teams take part in the challenge?
Can I submit a Lens funded by the Spectacles Lens Fund?
What kind of updates are eligible for the Lens Update category?
When and how will the winners be notified?