"Do you remember when, not too long ago, everyone was convinced the metaverse was the next big thing? We are at a similar inflection point with smartglasses, with every company gearing up to release its own AI-smart wearable. Snap is in a unique position, as it has been releasing wearables for years, and it is now gearing up to compete with the Metas of the world."
"The Spectacles Browser was overhauled with a new minimalist design, faster loading speed, and optimized power usage for a more intuitive and simple browsing experience. It also features a new home screen with widgets and bookmarks, an updated toolbar that lets users type or speak a website URL, and a new option that lets users resize their window to a preferred aspect ratio, like on a laptop. It also includes WebXR support so users can access AR experiences from any WebXR-enabled website."
Snap continues advancing AR wearables with Snap OS 2.0 and a forthcoming lightweight smartglasses model aimed at broader public use. The operating system prioritizes an improved AR layer and revamped browsing, emphasizing a minimalist design, faster load times, and optimized power usage. New UI elements include a home screen with widgets and bookmarks, an updated toolbar for typed or spoken URLs, window resizing to preferred aspect ratios, and WebXR support to access web-based AR experiences. Spectacles remain developer-focused for now, while the OS changes aim to simplify browsing, consuming, and sharing content via smartglasses.
Read at ZDNET
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]