Snap reveals $2,195 'Specs' augmented reality glasses
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Snap’s $2,195 Specs bring full AR displays, AI assistance, and privacy questions to a wearables market led by Meta smart glasses.
Snap unveiled a new pair of augmented reality glasses Tuesday with a $2,195 price tag, staking a claim in the rapidly evolving smart glasses market as Meta, Google and Apple race to develop devices that could one day replace smartphones,
AI is wildly disrupting the world at large, and tech more specifically, and one manifestation of that is the advent of new devices like smart glasses. I've been covering the emergence of wearables, virtual reality and augmented reality for over 15 years,
Snap’s stock was extending its declines, as the weight of its new ultraexpensive augmented-reality glasses is seen as a potential “nonstarter for mass appeal.”
It’s too early to know for sure, but my sense is that we’re going to see a flood of companies enter the smart-glasses market
