Nuclei AR

Taking inspiration from my time in Visual Effects, I built a more complex particle system combined with some fun compositing tricks.

These ‘nuclei’ follow the user’s body in 3D, copying their colors. The user underneath is painted out before the particles are added.

This project really shows the technical performance of AR: rendering thousands of particles, inpainting the user, and 3D body tracking. All in real-time, on a mobile device.

This project was featured at the Max Ernst Museum in Brühl, and Snapchat has it installed on some of the AR Mirrors they have at their offices!

I’ve released the project files, and the code has been added to Lens Studio’s Asset Library.