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Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Do these take photos and videos? What does it show in the glasses?

it's one of those animated scrolling webpages. Scroll down and you can see a simulated view thru the waveguides

Thanks I did see that but I still don’t get it. It’s like a flower and a butterfly? How does that help me achieve my life goals?

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Can you say anything about potential applications? What do you think will be the killer app for this?

What would be any app for this? It's not immediately apparent why anyone would want this.

Turn by turn navigation that shows you the path to follow in AR that's overlaid on the real road. No more missing your exit, no more not being exactly sure which turn it wants you to take, etc.

Would that appease you?

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's one of those animated scrolling webpages. Scroll down and you can see a simulated view thru the waveguides

Thanks I did see that but I still don’t get it. It’s like a flower and a butterfly? How does that help me achieve my life goals?

Oh gotcha. Right now it's a developer platform. It runs any JS code + graphics that you write in Lens Studio. https://lensstudio.snapchat.com/

In terms of what I personally look forward to the most, I can't wait to see what the next generation of kids do with it, like the Wozniak era that grew up simultaneously with the first personal computers.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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The demo on their page, is this meant to look like a tamagotchi-style entertainment distraction? Or are they expecting people to use these for real interactions? I can’t understand why a pond and butterfly make sense overlaid on a forest.

Here's a video with a better example of it. Doesn't look like a pond. Its more like alien flowers or something. https://twitter.com/i/status/1395439601590833156

This reminded me of a 90s commercial, I think it's the colouring?

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Can you say anything about potential applications? What do you think will be the killer app for this?

What would be any app for this? It's not immediately apparent why anyone would want this.

Do you understand why anyone would use existing Snapchat filters? If not, then of course you wouldn’t understand the Spectacles.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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Thanks I did see that but I still don’t get it. It’s like a flower and a butterfly? How does that help me achieve my life goals?

Oh gotcha. Right now it's a developer platform. It runs any JS code + graphics that you write in Lens Studio. https://lensstudio.snapchat.com/ In terms of what I personally look forward to the most, I can't wait to see what the next generation of kids do with it, like the Wozniak era that grew up simultaneously with the first personal computers.

Thanks. That makes sense. My life goals will have to wait.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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From the website: 26.3 degree diagonal field of view (stereo). Display brightness up to 2,000 nits. I worked on these but am not allowed to say anything other than citing public sources.

Can you say anything about potential applications? What do you think will be the killer app for this?

Catching pokemon with those should be fun.

Re: New Snap Spectacles Feature Augmented Reality Display

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It says try it on in-app, I tried it on and they look like those UV shades for old ppl that blocks sun from the sides. No one in their right minds would wear them in public.

Are you saying old people are not in their right minds? I’d argue the opposite with regards to fashion choices, but I don’t think old people would go for these either.
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