AR effect is an Android app developed by Sony Mobile Communications Inc., (1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0075, Japan). Others apps created by Sony Mobile Communications Inc., are: Birthday, Props, Advagym.

AR effect first became available on 06 Dec 2013. It is estimated that AR effect has been downloaded between 100000000 and 500000000 times from the Play Store.

AR effect 4.10.9 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Required to be able to access the camera device.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows an application to record audio.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.