USA - Computerized Smart Glasses

For years, Snap has envisioned a future where people wear glasses to view and interact with computer-generated images without having to scroll through their smartphones.

Last year, Snap launched the latest version of its AR glasses, but the gadget was only available to developers. The new AR glasses, known as Specs, will be lighter and more advanced than what was shown in 2024, Snap said.

“We’re obsessed with making computers more human. And with advances in AI, computers are thinking and acting like humans more than ever before. But if we want to unleash the true potential of AI, we need to bring it from screens into the real world,” said Evan Spiegel, Snap’s co-founder and chief executive, in his prepared remarks for the Augmented World Expo. The conference, held in Long Beach, focuses on technology such as AR.

The company has grown its revenue while reducing its net losses. Snap’s first quarter revenue grew 14% from $1.19 billion in 2024 to $1.36 billion this year. The company’s net loss dropped 54% to $140 million.

Snap has more than 900 million monthly active users and 460 million daily active users.

-www.latimes.com, 10 June 2025

Commentary: We note the words, “We’re obsessed with making computers more human.” With the assistance of artificial intelligence, that goal is coming quickly and is closer to reality.

As if we do not have enough information-gathering technology, the smart glasses will give additional information—of which, of course, most is nonessential; even worse, a burden. Already nowadays, mankind has to deal with information overload.

Marrying computers to humans and vice versa is the unspoken goal of modern technology scientists.

The Bible speaks of one to come, which is now in preparation. Revelation 13:15 declares: “And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”