{"id":4090,"date":"2016-11-25T12:51:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T20:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2016-11-25T12:51:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T20:51:55","slug":"snapchat-spectacles-support-3rd-party-prescription-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/2016\/11\/25\/snapchat-spectacles-support-3rd-party-prescription-lenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat Spectacles support 3rd party prescription lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snapchat&#8217;s Spectacles are dark glasses with integrated camera, for recording life&#8217;s activities. Interesting idea. Like most dark glasses, they are for those who do not need corrective lenses.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, the lenses in Spectacles may be swapped out and replaced with corrective lenses prescribed by an optomerist. You then end up with prescription dark glasses integrated in to the Spectacles:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To swap out Spectacles lenses for prescription lenses, consult a professional ABO-certified optician for guidance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please Note:<\/strong> Rx total power cannot exceed -5 diopter&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/support.spectacles.com\/en-US\/article\/specs-lenses\">Spectacles Support<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Those who ordinarily wear corrective lenses typically buy snap on dark lenses that go over their existing corrective lenses. Or purchase a set of corrective dark lenses.<\/p>\n<p>Snapchat Spectacles are targeted at a specific demographic (from the Snapchat web site):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Voila_Capture-2016-11-25_12-43-34_PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4092\" src=\"http:\/\/3d.coldstreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Voila_Capture-2016-11-25_12-43-34_PM-640x231.jpg\" alt=\"voila_capture-2016-11-25_12-43-34_pm\" width=\"540\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Snapchat recognizes the need to support those wearing corrective lenses, including with in this demographic, by making it possible to use prescription lenses in their product.<\/p>\n<p>Tech companies that miss these\u00a0large market opportunities risk alienating customers by providing unsatisfactory viewing experiences, which\u00a0may translate into negative online comments and general disinterest in their products. And that will not be good for profits! I will continue to explore this topic in future posts.<\/p>\n<p>Related: Snapchat Spectacles are not water proof or water resistant which restricts their use cases for\u00a0those living in wet climates such as the the U.S. Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/11\/15\/spectascobles\/?ncid=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/i.zemanta.com\/375922039_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 83px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; background-image: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/11\/15\/spectascobles\/?ncid=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This is why Snapchat didn&#8217;t give Spectacles to techies<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/11\/22\/snapchat-spectacles-teardown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/i.zemanta.com\/376041578_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 83px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; background-image: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/11\/22\/snapchat-spectacles-teardown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snapchat Spectacles: The teardown<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4576491\/what-the-spectacles-could-do-for-snapchat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/i.zemanta.com\/375995296_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 83px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; background-image: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4576491\/what-the-spectacles-could-do-for-snapchat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What the Spectacles Could Do for Snapchat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snapchat&#8217;s Spectacles are dark glasses with integrated camera, for recording life&#8217;s activities. Interesting idea. Like most dark glasses, they are for those who do not need corrective lenses. On the plus side, the lenses in Spectacles may be swapped out and replaced with corrective lenses prescribed by an optomerist. You then end up with prescription &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/2016\/11\/25\/snapchat-spectacles-support-3rd-party-prescription-lenses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Snapchat Spectacles support 3rd party prescription lenses<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,6,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d","category-3d-tech","category-business","category-virtual-reality-360"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}