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The second generation of Snap Inc.’s Spectacles, released in late April , is now available for purchase via ecommerce giant Amazon. Snap Inc.’s new hands-free camera with the ability to capture photos—the first release only captured videos—quicker transfer of HD content via Wi-Fi, water-resistant construction, a sleeker frame and more options for frame colours and lens shades First-gen Spectacles were sold exclusively through novel pop-up vending machines before being sold online , but second-gen Specs launched on Spectacles․com before selling out. Now Snapchat is making its new smart glasses easier to buy than ever with availability on Amazon.com . The new model joins the cheaper and less capable first-gen edition on Amazon, so be careful which version you order. [caption id="attachment_11751" align="aligncenter" width="634"] The three new colors: "Onyx Moonlight," "Sapphire Twilight" and "Ruby Daybreak [/caption] The second-gen S...

After the spectacular rise and fall (and rebirth) of Glass, Google is taking another run at augmented reality smart glasses. Google is reportedly working on a standalone Augmented Reality headset that will use new Qualcomm chips. The company has outsourced this headset to  Taiwanese computer maker Quanta. According to documents obtained by WinFuture , the project is still in its early stages. The German tech site reports that the headset is in the early stages of development with Taiwanese computer maker Quanta. The headset, which is said to be code named the ‘Google A65,’ is supposedly similar to Microsoft’s HoloLens. HoloLens headset came out in 2016 and was aimed at training, design and industrial use. Google’s AR headset which is slated to be self-contained and powered  by  Qualcomm QCS603 chip, which includes an artificial intelligence programming interface that supports Android Neural Networks, Tensorflow, and other machine learning framework...

Spectacles version 2.0 is here Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, unveiled a new version of its  smart sunglasses , which records bursts of videos. It is a slightly smaller, water-resistant pair of sunglasses. The company released the first version in 2016 in stand-alone vending machines called Snapbots. Over 220,000 were sold, though many of them didn"t make it off the shelf. The new Spectacles look incredibly similar to Snap’s original glasses- Snap chat version 1.0- and are sold through vending machines at launch. You can’t buy the new pair at a vending machine stand— only at Snapchat’s own website, Spectacles.com — but they offer a few new features that the original pair never had. Here"s a quick overview of the features: You can take pictures with the new Spectacles. The original version only recorded video. That"s a plus. The new Spectacles are water-resistant up to 1 meter deep and for about 30 minutes at a time, according to a spokespe...