First Laboratory

Inspiration

Chemistry can be fascinating and interesting, because it is not only formulas, often even the simplest reactions can cause a storm of emotions! I'm a chemical engineer and I remembered that when I was in school we weren't shown real reactions in chemistry class, and I didn't see them until university! I want to get young people interested and show real chemistry through AR experiences

What it does

This lens is like an app for learning how to do chemical reactions:

On the main screen appears a suitcase menu with flasks and the names of the reactions on them.
With Hand physics we can touch one of the flasks and go on to perform one of the reactions.
Before performing the reactions, we'll get hints for performing them correctly.
Using Tap on the screen and using Hand Physics, we can move objects around to perform a reaction.
Once we've performed the reaction we can go back to the main menu and continue our experiments with more reactions.

How we built it

Making a list of the most spectacular reactions
Creating 3D models in Blender
Texturing and animating the Substance Painter models, Blender
Systematization of reactions within Lens Studio
Adding VFX effects and model movement
Visual scripting

Challenges we ran into

Exploiting the various possibilities of Hand Physics
Using VFX Collision
Facilitate structure of reactions

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The main goal of getting the user interested in learning chemistry through new technology has been achieved!

Technically, it was difficult to create a game menu with separate windows for each new reaction. The problem was solved so that the user could try all the reactions separately with different chemical reagents and their products.

The main visual component of the reactions was VFX with collision particles and the use of hand physics interaction with the models, which made the experience even more realistic. Using this lens sometimes it really does feel like the experiments are real. This lens is an app in an app that can be monetized by adding a number of reactions

What we learned

VFX Collision, Hand Physics interaction with objects, Deep Learning Visual Script

What's next for First Laboratory

We can increase the number of reactions, thereby attracting people to use the lens more often and learn exciting new sciences through Augmented Reality inside Snapchat