Snapchat Spectacles Fifth Generation With AR Capabilities, 45-Minutes of Battery Life Unveiled

Snapchat
unveiled
its
fifth
generation
Spectacles
with

augmented
reality
(AR)
capabilities
at
the
Snap
Partner
Summit
2024
on
Tuesday.
They
bring
upgrades
over
the
fourth
generation
Spectacles,
including
more
immersive
AR
displays
with
micro
projectors,
dual
Snapdragon
processors,
and
longer
battery
life.
Alongside
the
launch
of
fifth
generation
Spectacles,
Snapchat
also
introduced

artificial
intelligence
(AI)
features
including
a
new
Lens,
creative
AI
captions
and
more
capabilities
in
My
AI
–
the
social
media
platform’s
AI
chatbot.

Snapchat
Fifth
Generation
Spectacles
Price

Snapchat
says
that
its
fifth
generation
Spectacles
are
not
available
for
purchase
to
consumers
yet.
Developers
can
get
their
hands
on
them
via
the
Spectacles
Developer
Program
by
paying
$99
(roughly
Rs.
8,000)
per
month.

Snapchat
Fifth
Generation
Spectacles
Specifications

Snapchat
fifth
generation
Spectacles
come
equipped
with
AR
displays
with
Liquid
Crystal
on
Silicon
(LCoS)
micro-projectors.
It
is
claimed
to
project
vivid
images
both
indoors
and
outdoors,
even
under
direct
sunlight.
The
Spectacles
are
powered
by
Qualcomm-sourced
dual

Snapdragon
processors
which
split
the
computing
workload.
This
is
said
to
reduce
the
power
consumption
while
improving
the
heat
dissipation.

The
fifth
generation
Spectacles
can
be
paired
to
smartphones
via
the
companion
Spectacles
by
Snap
Inc
app
available
on
the

App
Store.
It
allows
users
to
complete
the
setup
process,
control
the
AR
glasses,
mirror
the
smartphone,
tweak
various
settings
like
brightness
and
volume,
and
download
and
view
the
captured
content.

The
company
says
Snap
Spectacles
can
deliver
a
runtime
of
approximately
45
minutes,
compared
to
the
30-minute
battery
life
of
the
original
Spectacles.
They
can
be
charged
via
USB
Type-C
and
come
bundled
with
a
cable.
The
latest
AR
glasses
also
come
with
slight
design
tweaks,
such
as
a
chunkier
compared
to
the
fourth
generation
Spectacles.

Running
on
Snap
OS,
the
new
AR
Spectacles
support
hand
gestures
and
voice
commands.
The
social
media
platform
is
also
partnering
with

Open
AI
to
give
developers
access
to
multimodal
large
language
models
(LLMs)
for
building
Lenses.
They
can
also
utilise
the
new
Lens
Studio
5.0
for
moving
projects
quickly
over
to
Spectacles.