Got a pair of Snapchat Spectacles and bad vision? No worries. Now you can swap out the lenses in your trendy specs with ones that will help you see.
The folks at Rochester, N.Y.-based Rochester Optical saw a hip business opportunity, and they're running with it. Just send your Spectacles to the company along with a copy of your prescription, and they'll hook you up with a new set of lenses for $99 to $199, depending on the type you choose. If you're on a tight budget—the non-prescription Spectacles cost $130—you can opt for standard plastic lenses, but there's also some fancier options: high-index, polarized, and photochromic (which darken in the sunlight).
"Rochester Optical will custom cut lenses for your Spectacles (replacing the existing Spectacle lenses) and will provide email confirmation with tracking information when your completed order ships," the company explains on its website.
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Best of all, you shouldn't have to wait weeks for your customized frames. Rochester Optical said once it receives the frames, the process will take just two to three days, plus one day to ship them back to you.
For the uninitiated, Snapchat Spectacles, revealed in September, are connected sunglasses that record video snippets, which are wirelessly saved to your Snapchat Memories. The point? To "make memories, from your perspective." So instead of fumbling around, looking for your phone to get the perfect snap, press the button on your Spectacles to create a 10-second snap.
Instead of a mass rollout around the holiday season, Snap started dropping cute roaming vending machines called Snapbots into different cities around the country, each sporting a limited number of the $130 Spectacles. Be sure to check out our hands on with PCMag's very own pair of Spectacles to get a closer look at Snap's new toy.