Date Posted: Monday 24th May 2021
Snapchat has unveiled its next generation of VR Spectacles. The app's first pair of glasses bring augmented reality to life and allow creators to reimagine the way we communicate. Not for public sale, the glasses enable augmented reality creators to discover new ways to fuse creativity and utility through immersive experiences built-in Lens Studio, Snapchat’s powerful desktop application designed for augmented reality creators and developers to build and distribute Lenses across an AR platform.
Designed from a human-centric approach, new Spectacles feature dual 3D waveguide displays and a 26.3 degree diagonal field of view overlay immersive AR Lenses on the world. The new Spatial Engine leverages six degrees of freedom and hand, marker, and surface tracking to realistically ground Lenses in the physical world. The glasses also feature Voice Scan technology, allowing creators to say a command to launch completely hands-free.
The company added that it will introduce a camera feature called Screenshop to its Snapchat service, which will let users take a photo of an outfit and receive clothes recommendations from brands to recreate a similar look.
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