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Until a few years ago, brands had to shell out anywhere between $500,000 to $750,000 for an augmented reality lens on Snapchat.

Now, they can pay teenagers to make them them for a fraction of the price.

That's because instead of having to directly work with Snapchat - or getting their agencies to design AR lenses -brands such as Warner Bros Records, Deezer and Plato, have started enlisting teens to create these animated, computer-generated visuals.

To read more about how brands are paying teens to make AR lenses, click here.

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