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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSnap's new Spectacles let you see the world in augmented reality
The fourth-gen glasses have built-in AR displayshttps://www.theverge.com/2021/5/20/22445481/snap-spectacles-ar-augmented-reality-announced
Snaps new Spectacles glasses are its most ambitious yet. But theres a big catch: you cant buy them. On Thursday, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled the companys first true augmented reality glasses, technology that he and rivals like Facebook think will one day be as ubiquitous as mobile phones. A demo showed virtual butterflies fluttering over colourful plants and landing in Spiegels extended hand. The new Spectacles have dual waveguide displays capable of superimposing AR effects made with Snapchats software tools. The frame features four built-in microphones, two stereo speakers, and a built-in touchpad. Front-facing cameras help the glasses detect objects and surfaces youre looking at so that graphics more naturally interact with the world around you.
These Spectacles, however, arent ready for the mass market. Unlike past models, Snap isnt selling them. Instead, its giving them directly to an undisclosed number of AR effects creators through an application program online. (Another indication they arent ready for everyday use: the battery only lasts 30 minutes.) The idea is to encourage a small portion of the 200,000 people who already make AR effects in Snapchat to experiment with creating experiences for the new Spectacles, according to Spiegel. Like the bright yellow vending machines Snap used to sell the first version of Spectacles several years ago, the approach could end up being a clever way to build buzz for the glasses ahead of their wide release. Spiegel has said that AR glasses will take roughly a decade to reach mainstream adoption.
I dont believe the phone is going away, he told The Verge in an interview this week. I just think that the next generation of Spectacles can help unlock a new way to use AR hands-free, and the ability to really roam around with your eyes looking up at the horizon, out at the world. The first two generations of Spectacles, released in 2016 and 2018, looked like sunglasses with a single camera in the corner of the frame. They let you snap videos (and later photos) in a unique, spherical format that could then be transferred to your phone and posted to Snapchat or another social network.
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Snap, which calls itself a camera company, started moving more toward AR in 2019 with the launch of its third-generation Spectacles. That model added a second camera to detect depth in videos, allowing for more advanced effects to be applied afterward. But they lacked displays. You had to shoot a video, import it to Snapchat, and then apply AR effects which Snap calls Lenses later. The new fourth generation of Spectacles come from a secretive hardware division of the company called Snap Lab, which is also working on a camera drone. They weigh 134 grams, more than double the weight of the previous version but far less than Microsofts Hololens AR headset. Theyre designed to be worn indoors or outdoors with up to 2,000 nits of display brightness, a trade-off the company clearly made to favour display richness at the expense of battery life.
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