Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
by pram on Monday August 14, 2017 @02:07PM
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I think the aesthetic of the glasses is flawed, not the technology. They look really goofy. They should have gone with a standard design like Wayfarers, and not something few people could realistically look good in. If they're aiming for mass appeal anyway.
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Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
by Osmium on Monday August 14, 2017 @02:19PM
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> They look really goofy. They should have gone with a standard design like Wayfarers
I'm not sure about that... if you have a technology that won't quite fit in a 'standard' design, but you try and force it anyway, it'll look bad regardless. Better to embrace the goofiness and make something a little fun instead.
Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
by atom-morgan on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:09PM
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I've actually gotten compliments on my Spectacles from people who didn't even know they were made by Snap.
Re:Snap sold fewer than 42K Spectacles, down 35% in Q2
by Fricken on Monday August 14, 2017 @02:19PM
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The intent I think was to make it really obvious that the wearer has camera glasses on. They were marketed as a toy, not as spy glasses.
The problem was that nobody knew what to do with them, and Snap being setup the way it is, it's too hard to take cues from what other people might be doing with them because it's hard to find their videos.
The only thing I bring them out for now is to make little cooking videos for my friends, the hands free POV camera is really good for that, and uploading a little narrative is pretty effortless.