Snapchat patent reveals future Spectacles with augmented reality. And dinosaurs.
Snapchat isn't done with Spectacles, its video-camera sunglasses. The first version, released in November, was a disappointment for some, not for its lack of color selection, but for the absence of augmented reality.
But a patent published Thursday reveals an augmented future for Spectacles and other wearables and gadgets made by Snap Inc., the camera company.
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Those two displays at the top of the glasses could sense what is around you and then also display augmented reality.
What fake reality would you want to be inserted into your surroundings?
Perhaps, a Tyrannosaurus rex:
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Snap Inc., in this patent, also reveals that the future of gadgets from the company isn't just glasses. Future products could include "glasses, visors, watches, or other network enabled items," the patent reads.
Another sentence reads: "an augmented reality helmet, an augmented reality visor, glasses, and an augmented reality glasses attachment."
We don't know a timeline yet for version two of Spectacles. The first device hasn't even begun shipping overseas.
Topics Augmented Reality Snapchat
Kerry Flynn is a business reporter for Mashable covering the tech industry. She previously reported on social media companies, mobile apps and startups for International Business Times. She has also written for The Huffington Post, Forbes and Money magazine. Kerry studied environmental science and economics at Harvard College, where she led The Harvard Crimson's metro news and design teams and played mellophone in the Band. When not listening to startup pitches, she runs half-marathons, plays with puppies and pretends to like craft beer.
