Details have been released on Snapchat's (renamed Snap Inc.) first piece of hardware, a pair of video sunglasses, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Spectacles' camera allows users to record a 10-second clip from a first person perspective. The camera incorporates a 115-degree-angle lens, wider than a smartphone camera, designed to simulate the eyes’ natural view. All footage taken by the glasses will be sent wirelessly to a smartphone. Spectacles will be released this fall for $129.99. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said, despite possible concerns with Spectacles, it is the right time to release the product. “We’re going to take a slow approach to rolling them out,” says Spiegel. “It’s about us figuring out if it fits into people’s lives and seeing how they like it.”(Registration may be required to access this story.)
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