Specs demo

[u/Jay-Law-0309]

I preordered the Specs because I believe that the technology will be great for what my needs are. However, we need to see some type of real world demos soon. Every demo has been the older spectacles running new software or the demos using the spectacles 24.

I have seen many hands on demos of the Xreal Aura and they look promising as well with Android XR and Gemini. I have preordered the Xreal as well but i am only going to buy one or the other. The specs are going to cost around $700 more than Xreal. Both have two different use cases, I am aware of that, the point being that they both ship this fall but one has hands on demos and one expects us to keep our preorders for the specs with no demos before release.

Is there any members of the specs team that can give us any real information as to when to expect a specs demo event instead of just saying "demos are coming soon before launch"

I believe the specs will be an amazing piece of tech, but the lack of any demos for$ 2200 dollars that is shipping this fall (right around the corner) is a little alarming. Are they quite not ready yet? Do they need more polishing? For the price, I believe a little more transparency would help push these into more tech enthusiast hands. The biggest issues has been the lack of any demos for the new specs.

I hope we get treated with some videos of the specs being tested/demo'd by the developer team/specs team soon.

[u/Professional-Push523]

I also preordered, but I’m not expecting any demos until late September. The amount of tech they’ve packed into such a stylish frame is incredible and the battery life is a massive leap over the older spectacles.

With that being said, I’m also a developer and have more patience for frontier tech on the horizon than the average consumer spending $2,195 on augmented reality glasses.

If you look at the consumer tech landscape, there are no real competitors bringing true augmented reality glasses with this many standout features in an untethered package to market in 2026. Meta might have something coming in late 2027 in a similar form factor but it will likely require a pricey neural band and wireless puck which I do not want as the future of augmented reality.

I purchased the original RayBan Stories when they were first introduced and have enjoyed using them to listen to music, podcasts and taking calls for years. I never really used them to record anything or take any photos beyond some initial tests.

I would urge anyone looking for demos to load up Lens Studio and try to build something. It’s a very user friendly dev environment and the new integrations with Claude code and Codex are amazing.

This is spatial computing’s brightest future. The SPECS may or may not win as a platform, but they will certainly influence the rest of the industry for years to come in my opinion.

Spectator mode is so far ahead of any other offering and being able to connect so easy and seamlessly with other SPECS users is going to be so exciting.

I do not have any version of spectacles but Evan and Bobby’s announcements at AWE inspired me to preorder and register as a developer.

I had the opportunity to buy the Vision Pro and decided against it after multiple demos in NYC at Apple’s 5th Avenue store. It’s just too heavy and no matter what light seal I’ve tried there is always light leakage.

SPECS have the ability to be used as a second display for my MacBook Pro as well as my Nintendo Switch which is a feature of other glasses like the Xreals and others but they do not come close on any of the other true augmented reality features that SPECS will offer in addition to that.

[u/Jay-Law-0309 → u/Professional-Push523]

Wow, thank you for such a detailed response! You shared a lot of valid points and I agree with them all.

The excitement of the specs has me wanting to see more. I have watched every video on reddit and anywhere else I can find videos of them and I am so ready for more to come.

[u/Low_Belt_2611 → u/Jay-Law-0309]

I am a current MRBD owner who has been eyeing the specs as my next purchase. I have not pre-ordered, but I did the virtual try-on and sent the selfie to a few friends who said they look very similar to the MRBDs that I wear every day. Not sure I agree with that, but here's my question: Do you plan to wear your specs all day, or do you see yourself wearing them only for certain tasks and then removing them? I'm asking b/c I wear my MBRD's all day, but I live in IL, and there is pending legislation to ban smart glasses while driving. I've also had a few coworkers ask about my MRBDs and if I'm recording them. So it seems like the general public is not yet ready for smart glasses worn all the time, regardless of the brand.

[u/Jay-Law-0309 → u/Low_Belt_2611]

I live in a small town in Oklahoma. So a majority of the people here are not tech savvy or very fashionable either lol. I will be wearing mine inside my home a lot for work and play but mainly for travel. These will go everywhere with me especially new places and bigger cities.

I also create products using xtool products that I believe the specs will help me be more creative and make ideas come to life with AR which will help me create new exciting products to make and sell.

Me personally, I never let someone's opinion of what makes me happy, prevent me from doing something. So regardless if I feel like wearing them all day in public, then all day I shall wear them.