Shared augmented reality sessions for rendering video effects

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the computing device to:
• acquire a shared session identifier from a shared session manager, the shared session identifier being associated with a first user identifier;
• receive a selection of a second user identifier;
• cause the shared session identifier and the first user identifier to be provided to a shared augmented reality session processor;
• receive as input, a first graphic object for rendering to a display associated with the computing device, the first graphic object being associated with the first user identifier;
• receive from a data synchronizer, a second graphic object associated with the second user identifier and the shared session identifier for rendering to the display associated with the computing device;
• and
• generate a video including a plurality of graphic objects by rendering the first graphic object and the second graphic object together with a plurality of video frames of the video.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a first computing device, cause the first computing device to:

• acquire a shared session identifier from a shared session manager, the shared session identifier being associated with a first user identifier;
• receive a selection of a second user identifier;
• cause the shared session identifier and the first user identifier to be provided to a second computing device associated with the second user identifier;
• receive as input, a first graphic object for rendering to a display associated with the first computing device, the first graphic object being associated with the first user identifier;
• receive from a data synchronizer, a second graphic object associated with the second user identifier and the shared session identifier for rendering to the display associated with the first computing device;
• and
• generate a video including a plurality of graphic objects by rendering the first graphic object and the second graphic object together with a plurality of video frames of the video.