Overview

• Evan Spiegel unveiled Specs as Snap’s first consumer-grade AR glasses after 11 years of development and more than $3 billion in investment.
• The lightweight, stand-alone headset uses pinch and gesture controls to overlay digital information on see-through lenses.
• Specs integrate AI models from OpenAI and Google to power real-time translation, currency conversion and context-aware recipe suggestions.
• Developers can build on multimodal APIs including a Depth Module for 3D lenses, Snap3D tools and a privacy-focused Remote Service Gateway.
• The move sharpens competition with Meta, Apple and Google as Snapchat’s platform already records 8 billion daily AR lens uses.