Snapchat Spectacles: the camera glasses made by Snapchat

yes, the “Snapchat glasses" are real and the company CEO Evan Spiegel introduced them to a small group of people this past Friday (23), under the name of Snapchat Spectacles. On the occasion, he also took the opportunity to reveal that the company has a new name, Snap Inc..

According to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, the first product wearable da Snap Inc. It's a kind of camera glasses, which can record 10 seconds videos when you touch a button near the hinge.

Each tap starts a new recording. The results are “circular recordings” that mimic the user's view and don't look like typical videos shot with phones or action cameras. Apparently, Spiegel believes that the rectangular shape is “an unnecessary vestige of printing photos on sheets of paper.”

And we are already talking about a product that emerged from the company of Snapchat, the glasses can sync with your phone wirelessly, so everything can be shared online. THE Snap Inc. will launch Glasses during the American autumn (Brazilian spring) by US$ 130 (approximately R$421,00, at the current exchange rate), but only a limited number of pairs will be available. The company wants to move slowly, in order to get a feel for how people will react to the new product.

Whereas the CEO obviously doesn't expect to make a lot of money from the new w, at least early on, the WSJ asked the Mirror why he followed through with this project. Your answer? "Because it's fun." If other people also find the novelty amusing, then maybe the fashion will catch on, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqkOFLBSJR8

Is that you? Would you embark on this novelty?