Snapchat just announces Spectacles 3 with 3D cameras

Snap on Tuesday unveiled its newest set of good glasses, which let customers document video and footage in 3D and share them with associates.

Snap, the corporate that makes the Snapchat app, mentioned the Spectacles 3 can be found in two colours, carbon black and a rose-gold “mineral” hue, price $380 and may be pre-ordered now forward of availability this fall. They’re manufactured from chrome steel, as an alternative of plastic like earlier fashions.

The new cameras let customers apply augmented actuality filters onto photos and video, which suggests the consequences seem as in the event that they’re in the true world. The new 3D digicam additionally lets folks to view an image or video from completely different angles.

Other tech corporations are additionally betting massive on augmented actuality. Apple is reportedly working by itself set of good glasses and has been aggressively pushing augmented actuality in its iPhones and iPads over the previous couple of years.

Spectacles have not been successful with shoppers, nonetheless. The firm wrote down $39.9 million in 2017 on the primary model, which had been priced at $129.99 and initially launched in 2016. Despite the loss, Snapchat has continued to launch new fashions.

It launched a second iteration of the unique with water-resistance in 2018 and two new fashions, the $200 Veronica and Nico, in January. Snapchat hasn’t reported losses on these, however they have not appear to have gained a lot traction, both.