Facebook tests Snapchat-style camera special effects with ephemeral sharing 2016

Facebook tests Snapchat-style camera special effects with ephemeral sharing 2016:

Facebook is overhauling its  in-app camera to  embrace the next era of augmented reality visual communication pioneered by Snapchat.  The new features include Snapchat-style animated selfie masks, overlaid graphics,  and geofilters; Prisma-esque fine art-themed style transfer filters; and  some innovative new “reactive” filters that respond to your body’s movements.

What Facebook is calling “the new camera” will be instantly accessible from the News Feed with a quick right swipe. And instead  of just News Feed broadcasting, you’ll be able to privately share the photos and videos you make in one-on-one threads through the new ephemeral Facebook Direct inbox.

Facebook will begin by testing these  features in Ireland today. But company tells me “We may test more variations of these before rolling this out globally”, so these will come to everyone  eventually....