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I Did Push-Ups With Snap’s Chunky AR Glasses

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I Did Push-Ups With Snap’s Chunky AR Glasses

I hadn’t expected to be doing augmented reality push-ups in the middle of the mall. Yet there I was, wearing bulky Snap Specs while facing the ground.

The Lens (what Snap calls apps on its augmented reality headset) is called Thirty Ups. It is in Halloween mode now, so when I look down, a virtual cartoon Jack-o’-lantern sits right next to where I’m supposed to start working out. I’m not trying to get jacked right now, but my goal is to see if these gigantic smart glasses will fall off when I’m staring straight down and moving up and down.

I get into position and start my workout. When I go down and back up, a little virtual circle on the ground below me starts counting up. I don’t get to 30 push-ups. I’m surrounded by people, many of whom are now staring at me, and it feels too hot outside to keep going without feeling gross. I get in 12 reps before giving up. The glasses only count 11 because it tells me I “skipped” one. Great.

The nearby Snap representative is thrilled. “You’re the first person who’s tried that one,” he says. I’m also pleasantly surprised. These glasses seem huge, but they stayed on my face just fine.

Snap announced its Specs in June. They cost $2,195 and will start to ship in the coming weeks. It took a few months for Snap to share what actual features would be available on the glasses

WIRED’s Julian Chokkattu and I both tried out Snap’s Specs last week.


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