Snapchat Releases "Spectacles" - Glasses That Record 10 Seconds Of Video From A First Person POV

WSJ - What initially appears to be a normal pair of sunglasses turns out to be Spectacles, the first hardware product from Snap Inc., as the firm has been newly christened (Spiegel is refreshing the company name because its offerings now go beyond the Snapchat app). When you slip Spectacles on and tap a button near the hinge, it records up to 10 seconds of video from your first-person vantage. Each new tap records another clip. Why use a pair of video sunglasses—available this fall, by the way, one-size-fits-all in black, teal or coral—instead of holding up your smartphone like everyone else? Because, Spiegel says, the images that result are fundamentally different. Spectacles’ camera uses a 115-degree-angle lens, wider than a typical smartphone’s and much closer to the eyes’ natural field of view. The video it records is circular, more like human vision. (Spiegel argues that rectangles are an unnecessary vestige of printing photos on sheets of paper.) As you record, your hands are free to pet dogs, hug babies or flail around at a concert. You can reach your arms out to people you’re filming, instead of holding your phone up, as Spiegel describes it, “like a wall in front of your face.”

Welcome to the future, folks. Where you borrow a pair of Russel Westbrook’s post game shade and now you can document everything you see with your eyeballs. Holding up your phone and holding down a button is so two thousand and late. Rocking some coke bottle glasses with the ability to film at 10 second bursts is the future. At this point you have to realize that if you’re not recording your life on Snapchat you might as well be dead. If you dont snap the concert you’re at, you didnt go. You’re a loser if you’re still toiling away on Twitter, and you’re an even bigger loser if you actually need to hold a phone in your hands to post on social media. Look like Cam Newton, record video like a spy, and join the world in 2016.

PS – STILL no Hoverboard. How is this possible??? Are we just going to invent absolutely everything before we invent Hoverboards??