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Snap's slimmed down AR Specs go on sale later this year for $2,195
Key takeaways
- It's the first time the company will be selling its AR glasses to the public.
- Snap It's been almost five years since Snap began experimenting with standalone augmented reality glasses.
- The latest Specs come in two sizes: 47mm and 52mm, which weigh 132 grams and 136 grams, respectively.
It's the first time the company will be selling its AR glasses to the public.
Snap It's been almost five years since Snap began experimenting with standalone augmented reality glasses. Now, the company is finally ready to start selling them to the public, though they won't be cheap.
During a keynote today at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, California, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled the company's latest AR Specs that he said represent "the beginning of a new era in computing." The $2,195 glasses come with a wider field of view, upgraded battery life and, perhaps most importantly, a slimmed down form factor compared with the oversized, developer-only glasses it showed off in 2024.
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