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NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Snap Inc, the newly renamed parent company of messaging app Snapchat, plans to start selling camera-equipped sunglasses starting this fall, Chief Executive Evan Spiegel told the Wall Street Journal in an interview.
The sunglasses, dubbed Spectacles, will be sold via limited distribution for about $130, said Spiegel, who described the device as a toy.
The first hardware to be sold by Snap, the sunglasses will record video from the user's perspective in 10-second increments that can be synched with his or her smart-phone.
(Reporting By Christian Plumb, Editing by Franklin Paul) ((christian.plumb@thomsonreuters.com;)(646)(223-5942; Reuters Messaging: christian.plumb.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The sunglasses, dubbed Spectacles, will be sold via limited distribution for about $130, said Spiegel, who described the device as a toy.
The first hardware to be sold by Snap, the sunglasses will record video from the user's perspective in 10-second increments that can be synched with his or her smart-phone.
(Reporting By Christian Plumb, Editing by Franklin Paul) ((christian.plumb@thomsonreuters.com;)(646)(223-5942; Reuters Messaging: christian.plumb.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
