Snap is reportedly set to release a new version of Spectacles with an aluminum design that packs in two cameras. Through the Snapchat app, you may be able to add augmented reality overlay effects in videos you capture with the updated Spectacles. The $ 350 frames will cost more than double the first version, which […]
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Eyeing the Future, Snap Debuts Two New Styles of Spectacles
Snap Spectacles Veronica and Niro: Price, Specs, Release Date https://media.wired.com/photos/5b8f35708ad2072d6adbe3b2/master/pass/Spectacles2_NicoandVeronica_Product_Hero-(1).jpg
Quite the Spectacles
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Why the New Snap Spectacles Matter
Want to see the future? Try squinting through Spectacles. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ae236aaccc5a135912316bc/master/pass/moresnap.jpg
Snapchat Spectacles (2018): Hands On, Price, Release Date
The social network Snap, Inc has refreshed its Spectacles wearable camera. They’re improved—and more expensive. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ae113a8ae3a24477dbe4d20/master/pass/snaptacles.jpg
Snap’s ‘shockingly low’ internal data reveals why its Spectacles glasses flopped (SNAP)
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Despite the initial hype, Snap’s Spectacles are a commercial flop. The company has sold only 150,000 pairs to date, and less than half of Spectacles owners kept using the glasses after the first month. Snap reportedly has “hundreds of thousands” of unsold Spectacles sitting in warehouses. Snap’s much-hyped Spectacles glasses are, by commercial standards, a total flop. Besides selling […]
Snap CEO: Spectacles sales are ‘over 150,000 units’
Now that the hype around Snap’s Spectacles has died down, there is the question of how many units the company actually sold. In a conversation today at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, CEO Evan Spiegel revealed that sales of its camera-equipped sunglasses had topped 150,000 — more than the 100,000 units he claims the […]
Custom Spectacles takes snaps under the sea
Spectacles have made sharing marginally exciting videos on land via Snapchat easier. It also helps that you no longer need to hunt down a vending machine to snag a pair in the US. But a partnership between the social network and Royal Caribbean cruise lines will make it easy to capture footage under the sea. […]
Snap’s camera-equipped Spectacles arrive in Europe
Snap’s camera-equipped Spectacles have made their way across the pond. The creators of the famous ephemeral messaging app are bringing their first hardware product to Europe through their bright yellow vending machines called Snapbots. According to Wired, you’ll find the first European Snapbot at the London Eye, where it’s already dispensing Spectacles for £130. Snap […]
Snapchat users could soon have a drone to go with their Spectacles
With Snap preparing to go public this week, you’ll be hearing a lot about the darling of tech startups in the coming days. What you might not hear about is that the company is rumored to be developing its very own drone. That’s right, the team behind the wildly popular visual messaging Snapchat app is […]
