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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has just revealed Specs — a new pair of AR glasses that are "the beginning of a new era in computing." As with many smart glasses or AI-forward devices, Specs are being pitched as a way to avoid looking at our smartphones all day, and the first thing you're probably noticing is the chunkier stylings to house all of that compute.That's because they're able to do everything something like an Android XR headset is able to do, but with all two Snapdragon processors built into the glasses themselves (no puck needed).
(Image credit: Snap / Tom's Guide)Specs are meant to sit between the lightweight-but-limited AI glasses and the heavy but isolating VR headsets. That's the key differentiator that makes Specs "not designed to replace the world," but rather "to bring computing into it."And for that, you'll be paying a pretty penny for them when they come out this fall! Are you sitting down? The starting price is $2,195 (that's why I warned you to sit down). Will these be the stylish breakthrough to shake up our best smart glasses list? Let's talk about them.Specs "specs"
(Image credit: Snap)Swipe to scroll horizontallyForm factorFully standalone augmented reality glassesBuild materialSwiss TR90 polymerSizes & weights132 grams (47mm model) and 136 grams (52mm model)DisplayProprietary waveguide displays with 51-degree field of view, support for 16 million colorsLensesElectrochromic lenses (10-second transition time to tinted) with prescription supportProcessorsDual Snapdragon processors (1x computer vision, 1x AR lenses)TrackingHand tracking and spatial mapping, 7ms response timeBattery4 hours on one charge, up to 20 hours when used with the caseA head-turner
