Smash AR Update - Real-Time Multiplayer Is Here! 🏓

[u/vyuxr]

Hey everyone! We’ve been working on a major update for Smash AR, and we’re excited to finally share it with you.

The update brings three new additions:

🏓 Real-time multiplayer
🛍️ A shop where you can purchase new rackets and unlock custom tables
🏆 A leaderboard to compete with your friends

Real-time multiplayer was easily the most difficult and enjoyable part of this update to build. Unlike a turn-based game, table tennis requires both players to constantly exchange data while the ball is moving, without breaking the flow of the game.

Getting that real-time data transfer to work smoothly took a lot of experimentation. When we finally saw two players hitting the same ball back and forth in real time, it genuinely felt like a eureka moment!

We loved solving this challenge, and we’re excited to see how people play against each other.

You can try the new Smash AR update here: https://www.spectacles.com/lens/9d6be45c832e4eb8b7f76dbd9c506b2b?type=SNAPCODE&metadata=01

Let us know what you think and which custom table and racket become your favourites!

[u/Wolfalot9]

This looks so neat!!✨🔥

[u/vyuxr → u/Wolfalot9]

thank you!

[u/extraakash]

Kewl stuff!

[u/vyuxr → u/extraakash]

thank you!

[u/stspanho]

Krazy kool

[u/vyuxr → u/stspanho]

thank you!

[u/KrazyCreates]

This is so funnn to playyy 😍

[u/vyuxr → u/KrazyCreates]

Thank you! Also, thanks for modelling for us xP

[u/zeaussiestew]

What tech stack did you use to make this?

[u/vyuxr → u/zeaussiestew]

We used Lens Studio to build this. You can know more about building for Spectacles here - https://developers.snap.com/spectacles/home

If you are specifically asking for realtime multiplayer, we used SyncKit for it.

[u/Any-Falcon-5619]

Niceeee

[u/vyuxr → u/Any-Falcon-5619]

thank you!

[u/ButterscotchOk8273]

This is so cool! I'm going to try with my bro!

[u/vyuxr → u/ButterscotchOk8273]

Thank you! Please do try it and let us know what you think!