AR Eyewear — pipeline development @ Snap Inc.
As part of an initiative to reduce asset creation time for eyewear, I have developed a pipeline that enables the creation of eyewear in under 30 minutes, based on a images that can be found online. These items are extremely suitable for Virtual Try-On experiences. The tooling includes: a Blender Scene, a Blender Addon and a Substance Painter smart material.
→ Tools — python (bpy) | chatgpt l blender l substance painter l lens studio
→ Tags — pipeline development l automation l addon creation
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Product page images are compiled nearly instantly into a usable texture using the Substance Painter smart material. The user then only needs to apply the textures to a defined material in Blender and and then trace the glasses with one of the pre-set meshes. This mesh has a modifier stack applied and will immediately start shaping the glasses.
The pre-set Blender scene offers additional functionalities such as lens gradient editing, nose bridge editing, and eyewear fitting.
It also includes and extensive asset library with hardware pieces, such as nose-padding and hinges.
The included Blender add-on also enables mirroring or un-mirroring textures and allows users to choose between three thickness levels for the solidified mesh.
