Snap, the company behind Snapchat, seems to be eager to unveil the next version of its Spectacles glasses soon. The company has had the second version of the glasses approved by the American inspection agency FCC.
First version Spectacles
The secrecy of the photos, among other things, is valid for a month and a half, according to the documents. That means photos of the glasses will appear on the FCC’s site by the end of May. Snap states in the request that it believes it will have presented its product by then.
In any case, Snap will add 802.11ac support compared to the previous Spectacles. As a result, the glasses can also connect via WiFi on the 5GHz band. The inspection also shows that the antenna is on the right side of the glasses. In addition, the screenshots seem to indicate that the glasses are again called Spectacles.
Variety discovered the documents, noting that the first release of the glasses from the fall of 2016 has not proved an unqualified success: Snap has written off $40 million due to unsold inventory of the glasses.
The first version Spectacles is a pair of glasses with a built-in camera and microphone that records a circular video with a field of view of 115 degrees at the push of a button. The advantage of the circular recording format is that users can view the video both horizontally and vertically without having to rotate the image.