I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses
The Verge Jay Peters ● Covered by 3 sources
The Verge author wore Snap’s Specs augmented reality glasses and used pinch gestures to place virtual dominoes on a real table while sharing the experience with a Snap employee. The glasses cost $2,200. The hands-on report emphasizes more multiplayer, shared AR play than what the author experienced in other VR headsets or smart glasses.
Why it matters
My favorite part of wearing the Specs, Snap's new augmented reality glasses, was playing dominoes. Sitting across the table from a Snap employee wearing the same pair of chunky glasses, I could select a virtual domino with a pinch and then move my hand to drop it in place, watching the tile snap down in […]