Smart eyewear is poised to become the next big tech battleground, with Snap Inc. leading the charge with its augmented reality glasses, SPECS. Priced at $2,195, SPECS aims to take on Meta's glasses before Google, Samsung, and Apple can enter the fray.
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel believes SPECS will bring computing into the world around us, with AI-powered computing, standalone augmented reality, and a built-in display. The glasses feature a privacy-first design, on-device processing, and user controls over stored and shared data.
SPECS are designed for everyday usage, with a 47mm variant weighing 132 grams and a 52mm option weighing 136 grams. The glasses integrate Snap's proprietary liquid crystal on silicon display, with a 51-degree field of view and 16-million colours.
Powered by two Snapdragon processors, SPECS enable high-speed hand tracking, lower latency, and more natural interactions. The glasses can deliver 7-millisecond motion-to-photon latency, making for a real-world overlay experience.
As the smart glasses ecosystem heats up, Google's Android XR glasses and Apple's AR glasses are expected to join the fray. With Snap's SPECS leading the way, the future of computing is looking increasingly augmented.
