<s>
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
are	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
dedicated	O
to	O
recording	O
video	O
for	O
the	O
Snapchat	B-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
were	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
10	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
made	O
for	O
Snap	O
's	O
image	B-Algorithm
messaging	I-Algorithm
and	O
multimedia	O
platform	O
,	O
Snapchat	B-Application
,	O
and	O
were	O
initially	O
distributed	O
exclusively	O
through	O
Snap	O
's	O
pop-up	O
vending	O
machine	O
,	O
Snapbot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
20	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
Snap	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
became	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
26	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
second-generation	O
of	O
the	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
launched	O
in	O
17	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
two	O
improved	O
second-generation	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Snap	O
announced	O
its	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
3	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
a	O
new	O
minimalistic	O
frame	O
and	O
two	O
cameras	O
to	O
replicate	O
stereoscopic	O
vision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
shipped	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
for	O
$380	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
Snap	O
Inc.	O
,	O
then	O
Snapchat	B-Application
Inc.	O
,	O
acquired	O
Vergence	O
Labs	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
Epiphany	B-Device
Eyewear	I-Device
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vergence	O
Labs	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
entrepreneur	O
Erick	O
Miller	O
in	O
2011	O
before	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapchat	B-Application
was	O
impressed	O
with	O
the	O
Epiphany	B-Device
Eyewear	I-Device
product	O
and	O
the	O
great	O
team	O
assembled	O
by	O
Miller	O
,	O
and	O
acquired	O
Vergence	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
similar	O
eyewear	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epiphany	B-Device
Eyewear	I-Device
which	O
recorded	O
wide-angle	O
point-of-view	O
videos	O
,	O
had	O
been	O
positioned	O
as	O
Vergence	O
's	O
first	O
step	O
toward	O
eventually	O
building	O
full	O
featured	O
augmented	O
reality	O
glasses	O
which	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Miller	O
,	O
would	O
someday	O
"	O
give	O
people	O
what	O
would	O
previously	O
be	O
called	O
superpowers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Vergence	O
's	O
small	O
engineering	O
team	O
(	O
consisting	O
of	O
founder	O
ceo	O
Erick	O
Miller	O
,	O
co-founder	O
Jon	O
Rodriguez	O
,	O
software	O
engineer	O
Peter	O
Brook	O
,	O
and	O
designer	O
/	O
mechanical	O
engineer	O
David	O
Meisenholder	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
to	O
scale	O
back	O
its	O
ambitions	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
ship	O
it	O
's	O
simpler	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
Epiphany	B-Device
Eyewear	I-Device
,	O
which	O
the	O
team	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
successfully	O
ship	O
despite	O
their	O
extremely	O
limited	O
funding	O
and	O
team	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
successful	O
development	O
and	O
launch	O
of	O
their	O
product	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
being	O
noticed	O
by	O
Snapchat	B-Application
,	O
which	O
quietly	O
acquired	O
them	O
,	O
bringing	O
them	O
in-house	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
similar	O
but	O
much	O
more	O
refined	O
eyewear	O
product	O
for	O
Snapchat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
leaked	O
online	O
video	O
showed	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
glasses	O
,	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Spectacles.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
on	O
mid	O
2016	O
,	O
news	O
outlets	O
reported	O
that	O
Snapchat	B-Application
was	O
hiring	O
engineers	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Nokia	O
and	O
Qualcomm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
glasses	O
were	O
sold	O
through	O
Snapbot	O
,	O
a	O
proprietary	O
vending	O
machine	O
for	O
the	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
was	O
located	O
near	O
Snap	O
's	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Venice	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
Snapchat	B-Application
patent	O
became	O
public	O
which	O
included	O
an	O
illustration	O
of	O
a	O
hypothetical	O
future	O
version	O
of	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
with	O
augmented	O
reality	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2017	O
,	O
Snapchat	B-Application
wrote	O
off	O
$40m	O
worth	O
of	O
unsold	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
inventory	O
and	O
unused	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
2.0	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
additional	O
colors	O
,	O
lighter	O
frames	O
,	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
mirrored	O
lenses	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
the	O
bright	O
yellow	O
ring	O
around	O
the	O
camera	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
Snap	O
released	O
an	O
update	O
for	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
export	O
videos	O
from	O
the	O
glasses	O
in	O
square	O
or	O
widescreen	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
release	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
by	O
year	O
end	O
2018	O
that	O
included	O
two	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Snap	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
3	O
,	O
which	O
did	O
feature	O
two	O
HD	O
cameras	O
on-device	O
,	O
were	O
ultimately	O
announced	O
in	O
August	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Snap	O
announced	O
its	O
first	O
AR-based	O
product	O
called	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
The	O
Verge	O
,	O
"	O
Another	O
new	O
software	O
update	O
brings	O
Connected	O
Lenses	O
to	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
,	O
letting	O
multiple	O
pairs	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
Lens	O
when	O
sharing	O
a	O
Wi-Fi	O
network.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
smartglasses	B-General_Concept
record	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
presses	O
a	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
left	O
of	O
its	O
frame	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
30	O
seconds	O
(	O
in	O
10	O
second	O
intervals	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
sync	O
with	O
its	O
designated	O
smartphone	O
via	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
and	O
Wi-Fi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
glasses	O
capture	O
video	O
in	O
a	O
circular	O
format	O
,	O
as	O
shown	O
in	O
the	O
thumbnail	O
to	O
the	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
glasses	O
are	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Snap	O
Inc	O
's	O
service	O
,	O
Snapchat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
paired	O
by	O
looking	O
at	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
account	O
Snapcode	O
and	O
pressing	O
the	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
glasses	O
frame	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
connecting	O
to	O
them	O
via	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
(	O
for	O
iOS	O
devices	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
videos	O
taken	O
on	O
the	O
glasses	O
are	O
stored	O
internally	O
within	O
the	O
camera	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
and	O
individually	O
uploaded	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Memories	O
"	O
section	O
of	O
Snapchat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
distribution	O
of	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapbot	O
first	O
appeared	O
on	O
November	O
10	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
in	O
Venice	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
then	O
located	O
in	O
Big	B-Operating_System
Sur	I-Operating_System
,	I-Operating_System
California	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapbot	O
was	O
relocated	O
to	O
different	O
locations	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
for	O
several	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Snapchat	B-Application
began	O
selling	O
Spectacles	B-Algorithm
online	O
.	O
</s>
