Snapchat Dreams Allows Users To Turn Their Selfies Into AI Art

Dreams works very similarly to Snapchat’s other filters and Lenses feature, taking an image you snap yourself and using it as a basis to create something entirely new.

A new Dreams tab has been added to the Memories section of the Snapchat interface. When used, users are prompted to take several selfies to create a personalized generative AI model of their face and calculate how it looks from different angles. Once the AI has enough material to get going, plus around 20-30 minutes to process, it can begin creating Dreams, automatically-generated images of characters and settings with your face slotted into them. Using Dreams, you can stick yourself into all kinds of fantastical personas, including a pirate, a superhero, a fantasy elf, a king or queen, and more. These images can be immediately shared with friends on your Snapchat feed.

Dreams is a premium Snapchat feature – the first eight Dreams images you create will be complimentary, but if you want any more images after that, you will need to purchase them from the in-app store for $1 a pop.

Dreams is available now in the Snapchat app in Australia and New Zealand, with all other Snapchat-supported territories to receive the feature over the next few weeks.