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   Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 17:07:37 JST Daniel Supernault

   Augmented Reality filters are coming to the fediverse, first with Loops and soon Pixelfed!

   #Loops #LoopsDev #ARFilters

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 17:16:42 JST Daniel Supernault

     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦

     @kdekooter People like them?

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 17:23:58 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • Dequei :arch:

     @Dequei great question, this is in fact 100% offline and uses system (Metal on iOS) APIs to handle real time preview and rendering.

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     Dequei :arch: (dequei@masto.es)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 17:24:00 JST Dequei :arch:

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     @dansup Is this 100% offline filters or is this using a server somewhere?

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     Chris 🦑 (sturmsucht@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 17:30:34 JST Chris 🦑

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     @dansup Is this more important than the new UI?

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 17:32:00 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • Chris 🦑

     @sturmsucht This is the last remaining milestone for the Loops grant that expires on March 1st, so I'd say yes.

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     Chris 🦑 (sturmsucht@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 17:32:36 JST Chris 🦑

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     @dansup thanks for the transparency

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 18:01:13 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • Baral'heia Stormdancer ΘΔ🐲

     @baralheia Yes, that is my plan!

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     Baral'heia Stormdancer ΘΔ🐲 (baralheia@dragonchat.org)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 18:01:14 JST Baral'heia Stormdancer ΘΔ🐲

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     @dansup Would be awesome if there was a way to make the AR filters modular, there could be a plugin ecosystem for devs to make their own filters for Loops!

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 18:03:57 JST jwz

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     @dansup Please let me know when I can get my Hoffman lenses, thx https://jwz.org/b/ykxj

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 18:54:03 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • jwz

     @jwz haha, I'll see what I can do!

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:09:10 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️
     • Anatole Gérard--Chevais

     @moralapostel @anatolegc @kdekooter How is an AR filter harmful, when you don't need to even finish uploading the video to Loops, you can literally record a video then save it and share it to a specific person outside of Loops.

     It's not that different from editing a photo and sharing it. That happens a lot. Where is the harm?

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     Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️ (moralapostel@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:09:11 JST Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️

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     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Anatole Gérard--Chevais

     @anatolegc Yes, in my opinion it does. It copies "trends" from addictive platforms. The Fediverse should strictly refuse to do this. What comes next? An algorithm?
     @dansup @kdekooter

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     Anatole Gérard--Chevais (anatolegc@piaille.fr)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:09:13 JST Anatole Gérard--Chevais

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     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️

     @moralapostel @dansup @kdekooter Are AR filters harmful by any mean (directly or not? This is a real question

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     Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️ (moralapostel@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:09:15 JST Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️

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     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦

     @dansup Uninformed people all over the world may like to vote for fascists. Should we do it anyway?
     Yes, it's a bad comparison. But in my opinion, it illustrates well why you shouldn't do everything that people like.
     @kdekooter

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:09:52 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️
     • Anatole Gérard--Chevais

     @moralapostel @anatolegc @kdekooter Powerful and popular features shouldn't be proprietary.

     They should belong to the people.

     You might not use them, does that mean nobody should too? Even if we build an ethical implementation?

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     Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️ (moralapostel@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:09:53 JST Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️

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     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Anatole Gérard--Chevais

     @dansup Why should we engage in the same nonsense as on the platforms we wish to leave behind?
     @anatolegc @kdekooter

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:14:17 JST Daniel Supernault

     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️
     • Anatole Gérard--Chevais

     @kdekooter @moralapostel @anatolegc what tricks??

     There is literally no difference if you edit a photo to add a filter or overlay text/stickers.

     I really don't understand why you are calling this stupid and childish, its just a fun feature, and one that isn't required.

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Feb-2026 21:19:21 JST Daniel Supernault

     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️
     • Anatole Gérard--Chevais

     @kdekooter @moralapostel @anatolegc I respect that, but can you not see the comparisons to editing a photo before uploading it?

     This is just a fun way to add some flair to your video, we only have a few filters like sunglasses and dog ears, I don't see the harm in that.

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     Till Kleisli (kleisli@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Feb-2026 04:57:41 JST Till Kleisli

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     @dansup I'm very impressed by your resilience, that you are still building, while with every feature you ship, some "guardians of the fediverse" feel the urge to tell you what to do and what not. And I heavily assume most of them don't even use pixelfed or loops.

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     Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 28-Feb-2026 15:28:17 JST Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸

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     • Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦
     • Mora L. Apostel 🏴‍☠️
     • Anatole Gérard--Chevais

     @dansup agreed. It's ok to enjoy silly things. Let people have fun.

     @moralapostel @anatolegc @kdekooter

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     Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 28-Feb-2026 15:40:35 JST Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸

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     @dansup it looks fun!