Snapchat Spectacles 2.0 could get futuristic AR capabilities

Snap Spectacles may still be relatively new — the Snapchat-powered sunglasses only recently made their debut in Europe — but a second generation may already be in the works.

Details are currently kept very close to the company's chest, but Snap is reportedly hard at work on a new pair of Spectacles that will be “quite different” than what's currently on the market, according to sources at TechCrunch.

The big change rumored for the next-gen Spectacles is the addition of augmented reality features. 

Going off a patent filed last month by Snap, the glasses could potentially beam content onto where (and what) the wearer is viewing, according to Mashable.

Snap has a clear interest in AR, as evidenced by its constant updates to the Snapchat app that add face and environment-altering filters, to its newly unveiled World Lenses feature for plant moving, augmented elements onto photos and videos. 

However, all that TechCrunch's sources could say at this time was that a new model of Spectacles is in development — as for exactly what these brand-new Specs will actually do or if they'll actually see the light of day, it's best to take the news with a grain of salt until further confirmation arrives.

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