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Former Snap design engineer on new AR glasses: 'Obviously bad'


A former Snap engineer who worked on designing previous versions of the glasses, slammed the product in a post on X this week.

Sterling Crispin, an engineer who worked on designing previous versions of the glasses, slammed the product in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, this week. Apple’s ( AAPL) attempt to best the market with its uber-expensive Vision Pro headsets has disappointed consumers and investors alike. “Spectacles are the result of a decade of research and development to introduce hardware that breaks the bounds of screens and brings people together in the real world,” the company said in its announcement Wednesday.

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