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Snap Specs Hands-On: Minimum Viable Consumer True AR Glasses - UploadVR
Publisher description: Snap Specs is optically rough, but with impressive tracking just about passes the minimum bar for first-generation true AR glasses.
NewsAPI | Sep 24, 2026 | David Heaney
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I briefly went hands-on with Snap's Specs at the "launch" event in Los Angeles. CEO Evan Spiegel also demoed the glasses live on stage, a welcome respite compared to the usual prerecorded tech launches. But while Spiegel's demo was inarguably impressive, the problem with Specs is that, through the lenses, it simply doesn't actually look like the casted and recorded views. Watch Snap’s CEO Demo Specs True AR Glasses Live On StageSnap’s CEO demoed the soon-to-launch Specs standalone true AR glasses live on stage, including an official Harry Potter experience from HBO.
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