Face Filters for Instagram and Snapchat Are the New Frontier of Surrealist Art

Augmented reality masks for the masses

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Augmented reality is here. AR “face filters” — a mask-like augmented reality that adds virtual objects to an individual’s face—have become wildly popular on Instagram, Snapchat, and even video calling on FaceTime. But little attention so far has been given to face…