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It ’s only been around six month since Snapreleased the fifth generation of Spectacles , its AR drinking glass for developers , and the company is already enhance its modish couplet with new Lenses and political program feature film .
Snap harbinger on Mondaythat it ’s launching the power to create Spectacles - focused Lenses that tap GPS , Modern hired man - tracking capabilities , and more . Now , developer can build Lenses using GPS , GNSS ( Global Navigation Satellite System ) , compass head , and custom locations , allow them to access geo - emplacement data and create things like AR walk courses .
The update is principally aimed at improving positioning - base experiences on Spectacles .
Snap showcased a few examples that utilize the new capableness , such as NavigatAR from Utopia Labs , which directs drug user with Snap Map Tiles by displaying glow arrows to assist wearer in reaching their destination .
Other unexampled platform features for Spectacles include the aforementioned hand - tracking capabilities , which detect grab gestures and when a substance abuser has a earphone in their hand . Snap also now lets developers well add a leaderboard to their Lenses for contender - focalize experience .
to boot , there ’s a new AR keyboard .
specs are currently approachable only through Snap ’s developer plan , which be $ 99 per month .
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However , Snap recently introduce a50 % discountfor educator and students , indicating that its recollective - term goal is to bring AR experience to the masses while also aid it compete with tech giants like Apple , Google , and Meta .
Alongside today ’s proclamation , Snap unveiled a serial of challenge that will award $ 20,000 to Spectacles - own developers who create the top 10 best Lenses each calendar month . Called the “ Spectacles Community Challenges , ” the serial commence April 1 .
