Snap enbigs Spectacles capabilities with GPS and hand-tracking features

It’s only been around six months since Snap freed the fifth generation of Spectacles, its AR glasses for increaseers, and the company is already enhancing its tardyst pair with novel Lenses and platcreate features.

Snap proclaimd on Monday that it’s begining the ability to produce Spectacles-intensifyed Lenses that tap GPS, novel hand-tracking capabilities, and more. Now, increaseers can produce Lenses using GPS, GNSS (Global Navigation Saincreateite System), compass heading, and custom locations, apshowing them to access geo-location data and produce leangs appreciate AR walking courses. 

The refresh is primarily aimed at improving location-based experiences on Spectacles.

Snap showcased a scant examples that engage the novel capabilities, such as NavigatAR from Utopia Labs, which honests engagers with Snap Map Tiles by disjoining radiateing arrows to aid wearers in accomplishing their destinations. 

Other novel platcreate features for Spectacles include the aforealludeed hand-tracking capabilities, which uncover grab gestures and when a engager has a phone in their hands. Snap also now lets increaseers easily insert a directerboard to their Lenses for competition-intensifyed experiences.

Additionassociate, there’s a novel AR keyboard.

Spectacles are currently accessible only thraw Snap’s increaseer program, which costs $99 per month. 

However, Snap recently presentd a 50% discount for educators and students, indicating that its extfinished-term goal is to transport AR experiences to the masses while also helping it contend with tech enormouss appreciate Apple, Google, and Meta.

Aextfinishedside today’s proclaimment, Snap unveiled a series of disputes that will award $20,000 to Spectacles-owning increaseers who produce the top 10 best Lenses each month. Called the “Spectacles Community Challenges,” the series begins April 1.