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No, they are not. It's gonna be another gimmick lifestyle tech product that gets trumped up in the press and then no one cares about. They are glasses that only

No, they are not. It's gonna be another gimmick lifestyle tech product that gets trumped up in the press and then no one cares about. They are glasses that only take ten seconds video and can only post it to snapchat. And they cost $130. Come on.

cryptoz 10y ago
No WiFi. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
- yolesaber 10y ago
  Lol people post this everytime someone critiques a hyped up new bullshit tech product. Guess what, the vast majority of them fail. Spectacles is not the iPod. It's going to flop, I stand by it.
  - cryptoz 10y ago
    Your analysis that it is a "gimmick", "bullshit", and "hyped up" is over-simplified and, I think, wrong. There's no need to swear or be mean about this. Some people, myself included (I hate hate hate hate the snapchat app, I'm not able to use it and I can't stand the idea of it) think that Snap does understand product and its market, and has incredible visions for the future with an ability to execute. I think that Snap will be a huge success for a long time to come. Naysaying Snap is fine, but not if your argument is "bullshit hype".
    - cgriswald 10y ago
      His argument was cost and lack of utility...
    - michaelmrose 10y ago
      Bullshit hype IS an argument in and of itself and if we can't speak plainly how can we speak honestly?
exBarrelSpoiler 10y ago
$129 is pretty cheap nowadays, you can get a Google Home for that price.
- puranjay 10y ago
  Snapchat is targeting teens and young adults with this - not exactly people who have $130 lying around
  - usrusr 10y ago
    Did not stop Gopro. If you have been to a ski resort in recent years you have probably noticed that at some point, Gopro saturation started to become inversely proportional to riding skill. Where Gopros are sold with the promise of being like those who get really fast and have spectacularly high jumps, Snapchat specs will be sold with the promise of being like those who get really drunk and have spectacularly great parties. That is a very promising market to tap into, but no way that it could ever be a four billion market.
    - iamatworknow 10y ago
      There are important differences between GoPros and Spectacles, though. GoPros are a convenient, high-quality, expandable memory camera that creates a regular video file as big as the storage space available that you can use however you want. Spectacles are a convenient, unknown quality camera creating a ten-second video that requires smartphone interaction, is designed to be on your face, and is tied to one specific (albeit popular) platform. Aside from both being able to take video and being easy enough to carry around, the products and the target markets don't intersect perfectly, so it's hard to predict one's success from the other.
      - usrusr 10y ago
        I base my comparison on the observation that both are purpose built for capturing a very specific kind of experience that few have, but many think they should have (but never will). This is certainly no predictor of absolute success, just an element of understanding the potential market.

cryptoz 10y ago

No WiFi. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

yolesaber 10y ago
Lol people post this everytime someone critiques a hyped up new bullshit tech product. Guess what, the vast majority of them fail. Spectacles is not the iPod. It's going to flop, I stand by it.
- cryptoz 10y ago
  Your analysis that it is a "gimmick", "bullshit", and "hyped up" is over-simplified and, I think, wrong. There's no need to swear or be mean about this. Some people, myself included (I hate hate hate hate the snapchat app, I'm not able to use it and I can't stand the idea of it) think that Snap does understand product and its market, and has incredible visions for the future with an ability to execute. I think that Snap will be a huge success for a long time to come. Naysaying Snap is fine, but not if your argument is "bullshit hype".
  - cgriswald 10y ago
    His argument was cost and lack of utility...
  - michaelmrose 10y ago
    Bullshit hype IS an argument in and of itself and if we can't speak plainly how can we speak honestly?

exBarrelSpoiler 10y ago

$129 is pretty cheap nowadays, you can get a Google Home for that price.

puranjay 10y ago
Snapchat is targeting teens and young adults with this - not exactly people who have $130 lying around
- usrusr 10y ago
  Did not stop Gopro. If you have been to a ski resort in recent years you have probably noticed that at some point, Gopro saturation started to become inversely proportional to riding skill. Where Gopros are sold with the promise of being like those who get really fast and have spectacularly high jumps, Snapchat specs will be sold with the promise of being like those who get really drunk and have spectacularly great parties. That is a very promising market to tap into, but no way that it could ever be a four billion market.
  - iamatworknow 10y ago
    There are important differences between GoPros and Spectacles, though. GoPros are a convenient, high-quality, expandable memory camera that creates a regular video file as big as the storage space available that you can use however you want. Spectacles are a convenient, unknown quality camera creating a ten-second video that requires smartphone interaction, is designed to be on your face, and is tied to one specific (albeit popular) platform. Aside from both being able to take video and being easy enough to carry around, the products and the target markets don't intersect perfectly, so it's hard to predict one's success from the other.
    - usrusr 10y ago
      I base my comparison on the observation that both are purpose built for capturing a very specific kind of experience that few have, but many think they should have (but never will). This is certainly no predictor of absolute success, just an element of understanding the potential market.