Snap has introduced the fifth generation of Spectacles, its new see-through, standalone augmented reality (AR) glasses that enable users to use Lenses and experience the world together with friends, in totally new ways. Spectacles are powered by Snap OS, the company‘s brand-new operating system designed to enhance how people naturally interact with the world.

Spectacles also work seamlessly with a mobile device. Through the new Spectacles app, users can use their phones as a custom game controller with Lenses, launch Spectator Mode so friends without Spectacles can follow along, mirror their phone screen, and more.

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. Spectacles pack technology into AR glasses that weigh less than half the weight of a typical VR headset at 226 grams. They are equipped with four cameras that power the Snap Spatial Engine and enable seamless hand tracking.

The Optical Engine has been designed and built from the ground up at Snap and leverages the company’s proprietary technology to enable a see-through AR display.

Spectacles are powered by Snap’s dual system-on-a-chip architecture. With two Snapdragon processors from Qualcomm, this infrastructure splits the compute workload across the two processors. The company’s design enables more immersive experiences while reducing power consumption and works alongside titanium vapor chambers to improve heat dissipation. Spectacles deliver up to 45 minutes of continuous standalone runtime.

Snap OS brings Spectacles to life through an intuitive interface and capabilities that reflect how people naturally interact with the world. Users can navigate Snap OS with their hands and voice—and the main menu is always in the palm of the user’s hand.

The Snap Spatial Engine understands the world around you so that Lenses appear realistically in three dimensions. A 13 millisecond motion-to-photon latency renders Lenses with accuracy, integrating them naturally into an environment.

Watch the video below to learn more about Snap Spectacles from CNET.

“We want to be the most developer-friendly platform in the world and empower developers to invest in building amazing Lenses. To start, we’re introducing Spectacles with no developer tax and launching new ways to build and share Lenses. We’ve optimized the end-to-end experience of developing and publishing Lenses. Instead of a complicated compiling process, the newly rebuilt Lens Studio 5.0 lets developers quickly push their project to Spectacles. With our new Spectacles Interaction Kit, you can build intuitive Lenses without the hassle of having to develop your own interaction system from scratch,” said the company in a statement.

Snap is also set to bring the power of cloud-hosted multimodal AI models to Spectacles through a new partnership with OpenAI. Soon, this will help developers bring new models to their Spectacles experiences to provide more context about what you see, say, or hear.

Spectacles are available now as part of Snap’s Spectacles Developer Program, which is $99 per month with a one year commitment. A subscription provides access to Spectacles and includes Snap support to help developers bring their projects to life.