During a recent hands-on session with Snap’s new augmented reality glasses, known as Specs, the standout experience was a virtual game of dominoes. Priced at $2,200, the device allows users to interact with digital objects in a shared physical space. The reviewer sat across from a Snap employee who was also wearing the substantial eyewear. By using a pinching gesture, the user could select a virtual tile and place it on the real table, watching the piece snap into position in front of them.
This collaborative feature distinguishes the Specs from other virtual reality headsets and smart glasses on the market, offering a simultaneous digital experience for multiple people in the same room. Snap has invested over five years into refining the technology, having already released two prior generations of glasses that maintained a limited, exclusive user base.
Shared AR is genuinely useful, not just a gimmick. I’d love to see this applied to collaborative workspaces instead of just games.
So they finally fixed the latency issues from the second gen? I wonder if the field of view is wide enough for board games.
Wait, people can see the same digital tiles at the same time? That actually changes how we interact in physical spaces.
Five years and a two-thousand-dollar price tag just for virtual dominoes? I’ll stick to my phone, thanks.