Snap Inc, the company behind the Snapchat messaging platform, has officially announced its augmented reality glasses, joining the growing chorus of smart wearables. Known as ‘Specs’ (stylised in all-caps as SPECS), the glasses carry a substantial US$2,195 price tag.
A rough currency conversion puts that at around $3,000 in Australian dollars; not quite the hefty $5,999 of the Apple Vision Pro headset, but well above the $599 of Meta’s recent smart Ray-Bans. Snap’s Specs will launch overseas first, with Australia set to follow later.
Billed as a “wearable computer”, Specs encase everything inside the glasses. There’s no cable attached to a power pack or a separate processing unit; it’s meant to be a fully self-contained wearable device.
“The smartphone put our lives in our pockets,” said Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. “Specs put computing into the world, where life actually happens.”
Within the frame is a liquid crystal display that Snap says is equal to a 24-inch monitor or a 115-inch cinema screen. Positioned as a combination of AI glasses and bulkier headsets, albeit in a slimmer form factor, Snap’s device aims to bring computing to your face.
Between projecting personal workspaces, providing contextual AI features based on what you see, and Bluetooth integration with other devices, Specs seems like an intermediary, bringing together the functionality of multiple devices into one gadget.
It comes in two sizes: a 47mm model that weighs 132 grams, and a 52mm model weighing 136g. Snap says the glasses “support a wide range of prescriptions” via removable inserts.
Many tech companies see smart glasses and wearables as the next big thing. Meta currently dominates the market, according to IDC data, largely by virtue of being one of the first to market.
It begs the question: what’s the appetite for $3,000 smart specs?
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