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

[sturmsucht@mastodon.social]

@dansup Is this more important than the new UI?

[dansup@mastodon.social]

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

[sturmsucht@mastodon.social]

@dansup thanks for the transparency

[baralheia@dragonchat.org]

@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!

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@baralheia Yes, that is my plan!

[jwz@mastodon.social]

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

[dansup@mastodon.social]

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

[moellus@wandzeitung.xyz]

@jwz @dansup TIL jwz.org

[cenbe@techhub.social]

@dansup Brilliant use of programmers' time. The really important stuff.

[ashmeshedup@mastodon.social]

@Cenbe @dansup well, it is.
As a part of the NLnet foundation grant for Loops, work on AR filters is a milestone to be reached by March (I think it's March). So I'd say that's pretty important.

And it's just a fun feature. Fun features that users will like are definitely a good use of the developers time (even apart from being required by the grant), wouldn't you say?

[moralapostel@troet.cafe]

@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

[anatolegc@piaille.fr]

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

[moralapostel@troet.cafe]

@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

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@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?

[moralapostel@troet.cafe]

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

[kdekooter@mastodon.social]

@dansup @moralapostel @anatolegc I'm with @moralapostel here. Besides the feature being stupid, childish and tasteless we as fediverse should refrain from pyschological tricks.

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@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?

[moralapostel@troet.cafe]

Thanks s lot @kdekooter
Your explanation hits the nail on the head.

@dansup @anatolegc

[dansup@mastodon.social]

@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.

[rlraymond@mstdn.ca]

@dansup Nope. Unnecessary and counter to original mission. Just my $.02