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Ever wish you had a green,One on One Lessons Where You Learn Through Hands on Caressing mossy beard in your Messenger video calls? If so, Facebook heard you loud and clear.

On Thursday, the company announced a new Messenger feature, allowing users to add augmented reality effects to their video calls.

Group Effects include such fun masks and animations as green beards, cat tails, and a game of "put together a sandwich out of falling food by moving your head left and right." Facebook says there will be a total of 70 Group Effects to choose from, including games.

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Facebook Messenger's AR Group Effects Credit: Facebook

To try out some of the effects, open Messenger, start a video call or create a room, tap the smiley face, and select Group Effects.

SEE ALSO: How to disable the 'Active Now' green dot on Facebook

The most important part of the announcement, Facebook says, is that this is the first time that Group Effects work in a shared, video calling experience. Facebook has recently been talking a lot about the metaverse and shared online experiences, and this is another way to suck us all into the company's virtual world.

Facebook also plans to expand access to the new Spark AR Multipeer API at the end of this month, allowing more developers to build Group Effects.

New Group Effects are available on Messenger video calls and Messenger Rooms now. It will be coming to Instagram "soon," says Facebook.

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