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Niv Dror
@nivo0o0 · Writer/Social Editor @ProductHunt
REVEALED: Leaked image shows Facebook's secret competitor to Snapchat glasses 😜
Also, this circular video format that Snapchat made with these glasses looks pretty awesome (and solves the portrait vs landscape video debate, at last). 👌
Also, this circular video format that Snapchat made with these glasses looks pretty awesome (and solves the portrait vs landscape video debate, at last). 👌
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Capri Galaska
@caprihiggins · Co-Founder @anchorxyz
@nivo0o0 and they're called "The original Facebook Spectacles"
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Steven Rueter
@rueter · Developer
I'll buy them if Evan comments on this thread
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Mark Thomas McEwan
@marktmcewan · Maker of Reallygoodlist & SnapSend
@rueter I'LL eat them if anyone ever buys them !
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Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
I actually like the fact that these are designed so they dont look ridiculous on your face like Google Glass
These are made in a very 'in-style' right now
This gif makes me think of Google Glass, especially compared to Spectacles 😎
Announcement on their site
Spectacles connect directly to Snapchat via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and transfer your Memories directly into the app in our brand new circular video format.
Circular video plays full screen on any device, in any orientation, and captures the human perspective with a 115 degree field of view. We can’t wait for you to see it!
Oh and one of the more notable awesome things:
This gif makes me think of Google Glass, especially compared to Spectacles 😎
Announcement on their site
Spectacles connect directly to Snapchat via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and transfer your Memories directly into the app in our brand new circular video format.
Circular video plays full screen on any device, in any orientation, and captures the human perspective with a 115 degree field of view. We can’t wait for you to see it!
Oh and one of the more notable awesome things:
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Fraser Smith
@frassmith · Software Developer, Shanghai, China
@bentossell Should succeed as long as @scobleizer avoids the shower with them on.
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Nick Coates
@gadgick · Creative developer / Tools @ Symantec
@bentossell Same, the problem with Google Glass (well one of) was it they didn't look stylish. Providing they price it appropriately, I could see people actually buying/wanting these.
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JostenDooley
@jostendooley
@bentossell agreed these look way better than google glass
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Matthieu de Luze
@matthieudeluze · Co-Founder @ Studiolabs & Social Media
@bentossell Design is dope and circular video format is truly a very good move from Snap 👊
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Capri Galaska
@caprihiggins · Co-Founder @anchorxyz
Only downside (or upside): no selfies 😎👻
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Evelynn Mimi Jae
@im_mimijae · Project hunter for Gadget Flow
@caprihiggins I definitely think less selfies on Snapchat is an upside. Think of all the fresh + even more authentic content you can produce with these glasses. I think this will encourage Snapchat users to sort of go back-to-basics in using Snapchat for posting real life experiences that bring people together. While the selfies with their cool filters are nice, I tend to miss seeing real experiences, such as the one used for this promotion. I'm excited for this product 😃
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Niv Dror
@nivo0o0 · Writer/Social Editor @ProductHunt
They look pretty cooooooool
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Elizabeth Ho
@elizabeth_casetify · Business Development & PR @Casetify
@nivo0o0 I'd wear them
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
The leak pushed this WSJ article out early, on a Friday night.
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Adam
@ajm5338 · Partner Growth @Branch
These things are going to sell like hot cakes. 💥
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Moshe J Baum
@mj_baum
As if the Google Glass weren't bad enough idea...
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Stefan Ritter
@stefanritter · building @ruumapp
@mj_baum glass was complicated and looked awkward. Spectacles are fun, simple and stylish.
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Moshe J Baum
@mj_baum
@stefanritter "Stylish" is a matter of taste, I'd argue both have similar dorky appeal on the looks aspect.
But aside looks - the main reason Google Glass got social backlash is that having a camera pointed at your face at all times makes people uncomfortable, not sure if recording or not, with or without their consent.
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Stefan Ritter
@stefanritter · building @ruumapp
@mj_baum seems they tried to solve that with the led lights indicating it's recording. In times of gopro and selfie sticks we've gotten used to being constantly in other people's vids... Plus spectacles targets a different demographic than Google glass did.
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Moshe J Baum
@mj_baum
@stefanritter The Glass also has tiny red LED light, not much of a difference.
Time will tell if yesterday's Glassholes will be tomorrow's Snapholes :-)
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Simon St John
@simonstjohn · Founder, swapnights.com
@mj_baum totally agree....techie cool but socially dorky and uncomfortable for those on the other end. Creepy, even. But each to their own...I can see for filming your kids, fun. Others filming your kids, not so much.
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Jeff Hill
@uphillmma · toothbrush seller, Molr Dental Club
@stefanritter @mj_baum And the creep factor is toned down because people will know when you are recording. Kids are going to HAM over these...
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Not the first glasses they'll release.
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Niv Dror
@nivo0o0 · Writer/Social Editor @ProductHunt
I made GIFs from the promo video ✨
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Matt Aunger
@matt_aunger · Community at Pop Products
Just sunglasses? What if a) it's overcast, b) you're indoors, c) it's night time, d) you wear glasses?
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Chris Gallello
@cgallello · Founder @ Purple
@matt_aunger These glasses were designed by a young company in southern California by a company with offices on a beach. :P
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Hardik Pandya
@hvpandya · Product Designer
@cgallello @matt_aunger your point being?
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Kees Romkes
@kees_romkes · Product owner at Careerfoundry
@matt_aunger people with three word titles won't be wearing these.
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Chris Gallello
@cgallello · Founder @ Purple
@hvpandya @matt_aunger it was a joke...basically 2 out of the 4 issues that Matt brought up don't apply to the people who built Spectacles.
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Matt Aunger
@matt_aunger · Community at Pop Products
@cgallello The sun never sets in SF! 😅 (edit: or even South Venice! Ooops!)
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Chris Gallello
@cgallello · Founder @ Purple
@matt_aunger Snapchat is further down south in Venice, but that statement is even more true down there! In SF we get our fair share of fog... 🌫🌫🌫
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Emily Templeton
@emilyturtleton · Marketing and HR -- DabKick
@matt_aunger I was thinking the same thing. Us glasses-wearing folk will just have to wait our turn, I guess 😔
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Lindsay Martin
@lindzora · i design / build stuff
I think we're all just excited to see a (social) company actually innovating. the kids... I mean the market will decide the fate of this product 😁
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Pierre-Marie Galite
@tsunaze · entrepreneur, mobile developer/advisor
2 cameras...? Maybe we'll be able to see 3D Snaps in the future.
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Jared Schnelle
@schnelle · Founder, Forge
@tsunaze Does it have two cameras or is the other one there for symmetry?
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Pierre-Marie Galite
@tsunaze · entrepreneur, mobile developer/advisor
@schnelle I was looking from the CEO's photo. It may be two. Now I have some doubts since we don't have any specs on the glasses.
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Harris Roberts
@harrisroberts · Meow
@tsunaze They have a job posting up for a 3D Computer Vision Engineer https://boards.greenhouse.io/sna...
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Jack Solomon
@byjacksolomon · Co-Founder, Prime for Instagram
@tsunaze pretty sure that the other one is just a light to indicate when you're filming.
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Dariusz Dziuk
@dariuszdziuk · Product Manager, Spotify
Very impressive product from Snap Inc. I love everything about it: the fashion direction, super focused use that fits Snapchat format so well, the name, the tweaks to the video format, the marketing. Also happy they didn't go with the ubiquitous Wayfarer frame style. Chapeau bas! 👏
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Taylor Nikolai
@taylornikolai · Snapchatter
I can't wait to begin storytelling with these.
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Thomas Burgess
@ninjinka · Creator of Material Design Palette Deck
I'm disappointed that these will only be able to be used with Snapchat. I would buy the heck out of these if I could film longer than ten seconds and save it to my camera roll- these are just frickin' cool camera glasses. But I hate Snapchat memories and try best to avoid it- it doesn't work very well on my phone. I have 20 failed uploads just sitting there. I guess I'll just wait for someone to hack these.
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Kees Romkes
@kees_romkes · Product owner at Careerfoundry
@ninjinka you can save memories to your phone already, so you'd only need snap to capture the video's. But I see an opening (like gopro is doing for periscope for instance)
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Thomas Burgess
@ninjinka · Creator of Material Design Palette Deck
@kees_romkes True, I guess a lot of my frustration is that my Memories don't work. They don't upload to Snapchat, so I can't download them. I would rather have it save to something more stable, like my camera roll.
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Mehmet Köse
@mehmetkose · founder, fupio
@ninjinka yeah it could be great to use for other services, youtube for example :/
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Jim Lyons
@jflyons · Blogger/analyst
Clearly learned from Glass mistakes/issues including "Lights show friends you're Snapping".
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Sven van der Zee
@svenvd_zee · Haven't found the next big thing yet
Spectacles + Snapchat = Snaptacles
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Jimmy Amash
@jimmyamash · Designer. Developer. Dreamer.
I was going to say that a Business Insider article about leaked footage of a product, isn't much of a product - but then I saw Evan is already listed as a Maker. Well played! Looking forward to more information and a true launch.
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Pedro A. Wunderlich
@pddro · Designer, founder from Guatemala.
Big fan of SnapChats continuous string of innovation. The "circular" format looks intriguing.
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Jared Schnelle
@schnelle · Founder, Forge
@pddro I don't think the 'circular' format is anything more than marketing speak. It's not difficult to get the exact same effect in iOS using all the native media player resize flags. Best case scenario is that their 'format' just writes black in the 4 corners of the video as a technique to reduce file size.
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Pedro A. Wunderlich
@pddro · Designer, founder from Guatemala.
@schnelle I see what you're saying. But something not being technically "difficult" doesn't make it any less cool. They're the first to do it that I know of, looks fun, and if in fact it's technically difficult to do, then extra points for them for innovating with minimal effort.
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Ali Ahmed
@syedaliahmed · Tech Entrepreneur
Love this, hope they roll it out soon :)
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