Are we getting another version of Snap’s Spectacles?

We aren’t just getting one new iteration of Snap’s Spectacles. Rumour has it the company is working on two new Spectacles models. The second-generation version will offer bug fixes, performance improvements, and new colours. Meanwhile, the company is also preparing another version that could come with two lenses and feature more advanced camera technology that could cost up to $300. The second-generation model is supposedly far along in the production process and we should expect a Q2 or Q3 launch. With the big US$40 million loss on the first generation verson of Spectacles, Snap is expected to produce fewer units this time around.

On top of this, Snap has reportedly acquired imaging company FiveFocal at the end of 2017 to expand its camera ambitions. Snap is also reportedly in talks with major glasses manufacturers Warby Parker and Luxottica to license out its camera tech.

Source: The Verge

You can now buy Snap's Spectacles via Amazon

After a gimmicky release through pop-up vending machines and direct orders online, Snap is now ready to sell Spectacles to a lot more users. The wearables are now available through Amazon. Its three colors—black, teal, and coral—are available. Snap is selling them directly for the usual US$129.99 price tag and Amazon fulfills the order. The glasses are eligible for next-day delivery. 

Spectacles is Snap's first foray into hardware manufacturing and it lets users record 10- to 30-second clips, which can be uploaded to your Snapchat account, another social media app, or be exported to your camera roll. 

Source: The Verge 

Snap Inc.’s Spectacles comes with secret AR filter

We love a good Easter Egg in our tech products and it seems Snap Inc. has been able to hide a useful one in its wearable. The Spectacles have a hidden filter that’s basically an implementation of augmented reality. The tweet by Moshe Isaacian shows that once you point the glasses at the lettering on its protective case, it shows floating bubbles with what looks like snaps of other people or something that Snap Inc. has curated. While not groundbreaking, it shows what else Snap Inc. and Snapchat can do with the hard-to-find smart glasses.

Found a cool @Spectacles secret! If you point your Snapchat camera at package's lettering, it gives you a special filter!

How it works: pic.twitter.com/wPSVpQjk5T

— Moshe Isaacian 💡 (@MosheIsaacian) November 23, 2016

 Source: The Next Web

Snap sells Spectacles through pop-up vending machines

Snap Inc., the company that owns Snapchat, is taking an unusual route to promote its Spectacles. These glasses are the company’s own wearable device to take Snaps (photos and videos) with. Snap starting selling the devices by setting up a big yellow vending machine called the Snapbot on a beach boardwalk in Venice, California. The glasses sell for US$130 and were quickly sold out. If you don’t try and buy the wearables from sellers who have started selling these on eBay for $1,000, the only way to buy Spectacles is through these vending machines. It’s said these will be brought to different locations for a day and the locations will only be shared 24 hours in advance.

Source: Reuters