LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Octi, the
first social network that uses augmented reality to connect people
in real life, today announced an integration with Snapchat that
allows Snapchatters to post custom Stories directly to their Octi
AR profiles. The feature is currently available to all Octi and
Snapchat users, and represents one of the first times that Snap
Story content is available outside of Snapchat.
The announcement follows Octi's successful debut in January,
which attracted widespread attention for its groundbreaking
approach to social media. With augmented reality set to become the
next major computing platform, Octi has created the world's first
social network that is actually native to AR. Built on
cutting-edge, patented technology, Octi combines augmented reality
with real-life interaction to create an intuitive, engaging, and
completely new social experience.
"We're excited to partner with a company as innovative and
forward-thinking as Snap," said Justin
Fuisz, the CEO and Founder of Octi. "As a fellow
Los Angeles company, we've always
been inspired not only by their creativity, but also by their
pioneering work in augmented reality. We're thrilled to bring Snap
content into Octi's social AR platform."
To post directly to Octi, Snapchat users simply send a Snap
Story to a new "My Octi Story" option, available within the
Snapchat app. The Story then automatically appears as a tile on
their Octi AR belt, viewable to everyone within their Octi
network.
"Justin and the Octi team have developed one of the most
exciting new products in social, and we've been enormously
impressed by their unique approach to augmented reality," said
Alston Cheek, Director of Platform
Partnerships at Snap. "We're thrilled to work with them to give
Snap users the ability to add Snap Stories to their Octi AR
profiles."
Octi is currently available on Apple iOS. An Android version of
the app will be released later in 2020.
About Octi
Augmented reality is going to change the
way that everyone interacts with the world and humans are the most
important part of that story. At Octi, we've built the first social
network that uses augmented reality to connect people, and we
believe that it's going to define digital and physical interactions
for the next decade. Backed by $12
million from Live Nation, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Peter Diamandis' Bold Capital Partners, Human
Ventures, I2BF, Tom Conrad,
Rich Greenfield, and Scott Belsky, Octi is currently available for
download on Apple iOS.
Contact:
Meir Sabbagh
meir@haymaker.co
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