Prisma adds Facebook Live to its app with support for eight art styles

Prisma has updated the iOS version of the app to support filters on live streaming to Facebook. Users will have to be logged in to Facebook within the app to use the new feature. Last month, Facebook had demonstrated Prisma type style transfer on live video. The challenge for Facebook was to integrate a lightweight artificial intelligence that can run under the constraints of a mobile device, including battery use and processing capabilities. The live video feature is available only on the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 7 because of the processing intensive nature of redrawing a video frame by frame in the styles of famous artists in real time. Prisma makers are working on introducing the features to Android smartphones as well, but the facility will only be available on the high end devices with enough processing capabilities. New features coming to Prisma include GIF support, support for more aspect ratios, and more social features according to a report in TechCrunch. According to a report in VentureBeat, the live art filters are available in eight Prisma styles, including The Scream, Tokyo, Gothic, and Illegal Beauty. Facebook Live support is through the Facebook Live API. Recently, Prisma added India themed art styles , Kathakali, MF Hussain, Thota Vaikuntam and Horn Ok Please.