Snapchat is releasing camera glasses so we can endlessly relive daily minutiae

Messaging app Snapchat has announced plans to release its first ever physical product: a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera capable of recording up to 30 seconds of video at a time.

Snapchat creator Evan Spiegel described the product, called Spectacle, as a way to relive momentous experiences, like hiking with his supermodel fiancée, Miranda Kerr. "It was our first vacation, and we went to Big Sur for a day or two," he told The Wall Street Journal. "And when I got the footage back and watched it," Spiegel continued, "I could see my own memory, through my own eyes — it was unbelievable. It’s one thing to see images of an experience you had, but it’s another thing to have an experience of the experience."

For those of us not privy to hiking with Miranda Kerr, Spectacle will make it easier than ever to endlessly relive — and, even more thrilling, enable our friends to relive — the minutiae of our every moment. The glasses will be available later in 2016 at a price point of $130.

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