
Ada Zhao
AR Showreel
Product Manager, Tencent, Shanghai
2018-2020
Here is a selection of AR effects I have been involved in as a product manager, where I define the feature, design the interactions, evaluate ML models, bridge developers with visual designers to launch a filter, and create tools for designers if necessary.
Christmas Eve
Combining 3DOF skybox and sky segmentation
Users can turn around to get an immersive experience

Magical Hair
Natural and magical hair dye effect, created with hair segmentation and multi-layer rendering
The project won Tencent Innovation Award in 202

Particles
Established 3D particle system
The gif below is an example of 3D particle system application combined with head orientation

Spring Bones
Defined spring bones mechanism by talking with 3D designers and researching on Unreal game engine
Built a tool with GUI for designers to adjust paratmeters while open up the front camera

Segmentation
Evaluated the segmentation algorithm with qualitative and quantitative methods to help developers iterate the model

Face Mesh Distortion
Distortion on real-time generated face mesh

Facial Expression
A subset of Apple Animoji, but only requires a RGB camera
Making the experience available for all users
