Snap AR glasses
Definition
A brand of augmented reality hardware developed by Snap Inc., typically referred to as 'Specs', designed to overlay digital imagery onto the user's real-world field of view.
A high-priced consumer wearable device that represents the company's strategic pivot toward spatial computing and hardware-integrated social media experiences.
Examples
Dropping $2,195 on Snap AR glasses is a bold way to prove that you are living in the future, even if your bank account is firmly stuck in the past.
Evan Spiegel hopes these new glasses will finally make users look up, though one has to wonder if they notice the price tag looming over them like a structural privacy concern.
If history has taught us anything, it is that wearing Snap AR glasses in public is the ultimate social experiment in both cutting-edge tech and being asked to please head for the exit.