Specs will be available for preorder on June 16, with a $200 refundable deposit, and are expected to ship this fall in the U.S., the U.K., and France. The price is well above most Meta Ray-Bans (which can run as low as $350), though still far below the Apple Vision Pro's $3,500 starting price. Either way, it's steep enough to put Specs out of reach for most everyday consumers. For over a decade now, Snap has been working on this device. Despite this, the last time the company released a consumer-facing version of the glasses was in 2019 ' its latest iterations have been developer only. Earlier this year, Snap spun off a new company to focus exclusively on bringing the product to market. Visually, Specs looks like a fairly normal pair of glasses ' albeit a slightly bulkier, goggle-like pair. That extra bulk comes down to a key design choice: Unlike some competitors, all of the computing takes place on the actual device, and it conveniently lacks a puck or tether. But what can you...
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