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Jeff Parsons

Snapchat takes on Meta with AR glasses for developers to rent at $99 a month — here's what they can do

Snapchat Spectacles 5th generation.

Snap has just unveiled the next generation of its Spectacles glasses with further enhanced AR capabilities. But unlike the company's previous offerings, which let you just record videos for Snapchat, this version puts the equivalent of a 100-inch screen in front of your eyes. It does this with a pair of micro-projectors inside the redesigned (and still quite bulky) frame.

That frame also supports two Snapdragon processors, vapor chamber cooling and four cameras that serve the hand-tracking tech on board. In a nutshell, Snap is engaging in a bit of an arms race with Meta to see which company can crack the smart glasses market first.

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