Snap finally unveiled its Specs AR glasses, and the $2,195 price tag is raising eyebrows

Snap unveiled its Specs AR glasses with EyeConnect at a Long Beach conference.Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for SnapSnap unveiled its Specs AR glasses with EyeConnect at a Long Beach conference.The internet is balking over the $2,195 price tag on the Specs.

The AR business has been struggling with profitability, and Meta has already lost billions.After more than a decade of work, Snap on Tuesday unveiled Specs, a new pair of augmented reality glasses with a price tag more commonly seen on a gaming PC or high-end TV: $2,195.The launch marks Snap's biggest bet yet on a future where computing moves from smartphones to eyewear, a sentiment frequently shared by Mark Zuckerberg, who made the prediction that smart glasses will become the next major computing platform, much as smartphones displaced PCs as the primary way people access digital services.

Still, Specs cost far more than Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, which start around $350, though they're cheaper than Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro headset.The usual AR features are expected: wearers will be able to record first-person footage, browse the web, and play games, along with a feature called "EyeConnect," which lets two wearers launch shared experiences simply by making eye contact.Still, that might not be enough of a differentiator given the massive price tag."

Snap Specs for $2,195 is an instant nope for 99% people," said Ray Wong, senior editor of Gizmodo, on X.Raj Nijjer, the CMO of Symmetry Software, called the Specs "out of touch," while Riley Brown, a tech educator and startup founder, posted on X that the Specs would be "dead on arrival."Each pair of Specs also weighs around 132 grams, nearly twice that of Meta's Ray-Bans, which weigh around 70 grams.

Snap's Specs cost $2,195 and will ship by fall 2026.Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for SnapSpecs arrive as Meta has established an early lead with its Ray-Ban partnership, while Google recently unveiled its own AI-powered eyewear plans.A problem dogging the tech is that no on