Is Snapchat working on its own smart glasses? Rumours of new hardware emerge
8 years, 6 months ago

Is Snapchat working on its own smart glasses? Rumours of new hardware emerge

Daily Mail  

Snapchat just gave another hint that it is working on a secret device. The rumoured Snapchat wearable device could use a wireless Blutooth connection to link up with the social network's popular mobile app APPLE VS SNAPCHAT? The technology could be used to connect the rumoured augmented reality headset to the user's Snapchat mobile app. But with Google, Facebook and Microsoft as well as numerous phone companies developing VR headsets or smart glasses, it's possible Snapchat may be reviewing its position. Microsoft's HoloLens uses augmented reality to show users extra graphics in addition to their normal, real-world view and Snapchat could be working on a similar device Facebook owns Oculus Rift - the biggest player in the virtual reality headset market.

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Apple Might Soon Give Meta A Tough Competition With Its Own Smart Glasses, Here's What We Know
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Apple Might Soon Give Meta A Tough Competition With Its Own Smart Glasses, Here's What We Know

ABP News  

Apple is reportedly considering entering the smart glasses market, as the tech giant begins an internal study into the current landscape of wearable glasses. The initiative, which has been given the project name "Atlas," involves gathering feedback from Apple employees on various smart glasses available in the market, according to a report by Bloomberg. Apple’s smart glasses would also compete …

Snap advances bet on augmented reality with new version of Spectacles glasses
6 months, 1 week ago

Snap advances bet on augmented reality with new version of Spectacles glasses

The Hindu  

Snap announced an upgraded version of its Spectacles augmented-reality glasses on Tuesday, doubling down on its bet that wearable devices to enhance the view of the real world will be one of the next frontiers in tech. Snap, long known for its ephemeral messaging app Snapchat and animated filters, has been an early leader in augmented reality, which can overlay …

A computer on your face? Snap and others still trying to make augmented reality glasses a reality
6 months, 1 week ago

A computer on your face? Snap and others still trying to make augmented reality glasses a reality

LA Times  

Evan Spiegel, chief executive of Snap Inc., speaks onstage during the Snap Partner Summit 2024 on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Augmented reality glasses from Los Angeles-based tech company Snap Inc. What people can do with AR glasses remains limited. “It could change at any time, and if it does change … we’re ready to go.” Dominguez said the company envisions …

Snap unveils $230 photo drone that follows you around
2 years, 10 months ago

Snap unveils $230 photo drone that follows you around

LA Times  

Snap Inc. has a replacement for the cheap phone stands and awkward outstretched arms of modern self-filming: a yellow, square-shaped flying camera drone that costs $230, weighs about a quarter of a pound and hovers around you to film you automatically. The drone is another product to emerge from Snap’s hardware labs and is meant to further its pursuit of …

Facebook launches ‘smart glasses’ that take photos of what you’re seeing
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook launches ‘smart glasses’ that take photos of what you’re seeing

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook has finally announced its long-rumoured ‘smart glasses’ in partnership with Ray-Ban, which …

World of AR: Apple and Snap pick up where Pokemon Go left off
3 years, 9 months ago

World of AR: Apple and Snap pick up where Pokemon Go left off

Live Mint  

First there was Pokemon Go. So it was telling when Apple’s counsel cited an internal board presentation in which the Fortnite maker indicated the need to act quickly before AR took off and further entrenched the App Store’s high fee structure. The fact that Epic then sued the world’s most powerful company speaks to how seriously Epic is taking AR’s …

Snap Summit 2021: Snap's latest Spectacles can overlay AR Lenses onto the real world
3 years, 10 months ago

Snap Summit 2021: Snap's latest Spectacles can overlay AR Lenses onto the real world

Firstpost  

The smart AR glasses are not up for commercial sale and will just be available for AR developers. At the Snap Summit event 2021, Snap Inc announced the fourth generation Spectacles. Dual 3D waveguide displays and a 26.3 degree field of view overlay Lenses on the world, right before your eyes”, reads the Snap Inc blog post. #SnapPartnerSummithttps://t.co/r4XnSC886z pic.twitter.com/4bPi49KE7n — …

Snapchat Will Allow You to Make Legos With Friends in Augmented Reality–Online or In Person
3 years, 10 months ago

Snapchat Will Allow You to Make Legos With Friends in Augmented Reality–Online or In Person

News 18  

Snapchat last night introduced some really cool stuff. Apart from the glasses, Snap also launch a new type of AR lens called?Connected Lenses,? Snap has partnered with toy-make Lego for first application of Connected Lens, which will allow users to build a Lego model in AR together? Snap also introduced its latest Spectacles, which comes as the company?s first true …

Snap adds money earning features, plans new augmented reality glasses
3 years, 10 months ago

Snap adds money earning features, plans new augmented reality glasses

The Hindu  

Snap Inc, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, is introducing a new feature to help notable Snapchat personalities earn money and is also developing new augmented reality glasses. The Santa Monica, California-based company said on Thursday it will introduce a new version of its Spectacles glasses, the first to feature augmented reality, as part of a push to create ways …

Snap's Latest Spectacles Are True AR Glasses That You Can't Buy: All You Need to Know
3 years, 10 months ago

Snap's Latest Spectacles Are True AR Glasses That You Can't Buy: All You Need to Know

News 18  

American social media company Snap has announced its new Snap Spectacles – the company’s latest augmented reality glasses. The new Snap Spectacles are Snap’s first true AR glasses but they come with a big catch – you can’t buy them yet. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled the new Spectacles with a demo that showed virtual butterflies fluttering over colourful plants …

Snap Spectacles AR: Exclusive Details About Snap's New AR Glasses
3 years, 10 months ago

Snap Spectacles AR: Exclusive Details About Snap's New AR Glasses

Wired  

Snap is intent on positioning—no pun intended—the glasses as a work in progress. Ultimately when you experience something like that poem, that’s all worth it.” Spiegel is referring to a Spectacles Lens called Poem World, created by Zach Lieberman and narrated by Shantell Martin. That’s the thing about Snap’s new Spectacles: For all their prototypical unreadiness and the general complexities …

Snap bets big on new augmented reality features for Snapchat
3 years, 10 months ago

Snap bets big on new augmented reality features for Snapchat

LA Times  

Snap hopes its investments in augmented reality will help its Snapchat app capitalize on the e-commerce boom. Snap Inc. is more aggressively embracing augmented reality, showing off a new version of its glasses with AR and expanding shopping features to compete in e-commerce with other social media platforms such as Facebook and TikTok. The Santa Monica company said it has …

Pokemon GO on AR Glasses? Developer Niantic Labs Teases Upcoming AR Glasses: What We Know
3 years, 11 months ago

Pokemon GO on AR Glasses? Developer Niantic Labs Teases Upcoming AR Glasses: What We Know

News 18  

the company behind the famous game Pokemon Go, is coming up with a pair of AR Glasses, the company?s CEO announced on social media. John Hanke, CEO of the Pokemon Go-maker said in a tweet, accompanied by a teaser image of the AR glasses. Reports have suggested that there may be a branding partnership with a startup on a project, …

Facebook is developing a wrist sensor that will let you type on any surface
4 years ago

Facebook is developing a wrist sensor that will let you type on any surface

Daily Mail  

Facebook is working on a wearable wrist sensor linked to augmented reality glasses that would allow you to type on any surface with a simple tap or snap of your fingers. Facebook is working on a wearable wrist sensor linked to augmented reality glasses that would allow you to type on any surface with a simple tap or snap of …

Apple preparing to launch expensive virtual reality headset that will be followed by smart ‘AR glasses’, report claims
4 years, 2 months ago

Apple preparing to launch expensive virtual reality headset that will be followed by smart ‘AR glasses’, report claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple is planning to launch an expensive, niche virtual reality headset ahead of …

These Mind-boggling Glasses will Let You See Life through Snapchat Filters
4 years, 6 months ago

These Mind-boggling Glasses will Let You See Life through Snapchat Filters

News 18  

Rabbit ears, geisha style, monster heads — who hasn’t broken into fits of laughter thanks to Snapchat filters? And yet, this eyewear designed by the Danish design studio Swift Creatives is probably the most fun pair of glasses available today — and the most original one to boot. Moustache, witch hat, wacky accessories… The Snapchat filters have been adapted to …

Apple to release augmented reality glasses that will allow people to put iPhone messages on their face soon, report claims
5 years, 5 months ago

Apple to release augmented reality glasses that will allow people to put iPhone messages on their face soon, report claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple is set to release a pair of glasses soon, according to a …

WHAT COMPANIES ARE WORKING ON AUGMENTED REALITY GLASSES?
7 years ago

WHAT COMPANIES ARE WORKING ON AUGMENTED REALITY GLASSES?

Daily Mail  

Last year, Snap unveiled its next generation of Spectacles, which are its first to feature augmented reality Augmented reality glasses have seen a resurgence in desirability, with a host of firms working to develop their own technology. Bose recently joined a quickly growing list of tech companies that are building augmented reality eyeglasses. Secretive startup Magic Leap began working on …

Snap Inc announces new app to create augmented reality lenses for Snapchat
7 years, 3 months ago

Snap Inc announces new app to create augmented reality lenses for Snapchat

Firstpost  

This the first time that users will be able to create lenses for Snapchat and this is most certainly going to boost the user interaction in the Snapchat app Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc has, on 14 December, announced a new app which will let you design AR lenses for Snapchat. This is the first time that users will be …

Get ready for Apple's iWear! Firm is working with Carl Zeiss on smart glasses
8 years, 2 months ago

Get ready for Apple's iWear! Firm is working with Carl Zeiss on smart glasses

Daily Mail  

Apple may be moving into the world of smart glasses. Chief Executive Tim Cook, said earlier this year that the company would continue to invest a lot into augmented reality THE END OF GOOGLE GLASS Alphabet discontinued its own wearable glass headset, Google Glass, and closed the social media account linked to the device earlier this year. Alphabet Inc's discontinued …

Snapchat rebrands itself as Snap Inc and launches Spectacles camera
8 years, 6 months ago

Snapchat rebrands itself as Snap Inc and launches Spectacles camera

Firstpost  

Snapchat just rebranded itself as Snap Inc. https://twitter.com/Snapchat/status/779577387432353792 Snap also announced a new wearable gadget called spectacles. A button can be tapped to take a 10 second video, that is instantly transmitted wirelessly to Snapchat, where it appears as a Memory. Snap claims the Spectacles use one of the smallest wireless video cameras in the world. Snapchat had indicated its …

Is Snapchat making its own version of Google Glass? Smart specs could show disappearing pictures and videos
9 years ago

Is Snapchat making its own version of Google Glass? Smart specs could show disappearing pictures and videos

Daily Mail  

For more of the latest Snapchat news visit www.dailymail.co.uk/snapchat Google is said to be working on a revamped version of Google Glass, dubbed the Enterprise Edition, but it could face competition in the future from Snapchat. If true, the creation of the glasses would be the firm's first physical tech product and would let the 100 million daily users of …

Snapchat Working on ‘Smart’ Glass Like the Google Glass
9 years ago

Snapchat Working on ‘Smart’ Glass Like the Google Glass

The Quint  

After changing the orthodox ways of chatting, video messaging application Snapchat is now reportedly working to give tough competition to Google with its own augmented reality “smart” glasses. According to reports, Snapchat has hired developers from major augmented reality groups like Microsoft’s HoloLens, PTC’s Vuforia and eye-tracking-tech-maker Eyefluence to make Snapchat’s pair of “smart” glasses. Snapchat later bought Vergence Labs, …

Snapchat working on 'smart' glasses: Report
9 years ago

Snapchat working on 'smart' glasses: Report

India TV News  

New York: After changing the orthodox ways of chatting, video messaging application Snapchat is now reportedly working to give tough competition to Google with its own augmented reality "smart" glasses. According to a Tech Crunch report, Snapchat has hired developers from major augmented reality groups like Microsoft's HoloLens, PTC's Vuforia and eye-tracking tech maker Eyefluence to make Snapchat's pair of …

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