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Snap appointed Robert Downey Jr. as the brand ambassador for its Specs AR glasses, publishing videos featuring him demonstrating the device's capabilities.

• •Snap appointed Robert Downey Jr. as the brand ambassador for its Specs AR glasses.
• •Downey was hired with the title of "Chief Customer Experience Officer."
• •Several videos were published featuring Downey showcasing the glasses' capabilities, such as helping with a golf putt and practicing art.

Camp Snap has opened pre‑orders for the digital camera 110D, a slim horizontal‑style model reminiscent of 1970s Kodak film cameras, priced at $74.95.

• •It features a screen‑less design and a compact size that fits in a pocket.
• •Its appearance modernly recreates the slim horizontal design popularized by Kodak in the 1970s.
• •It is offered in two color variations: black and gray, or white and orange.

A hands‑on test of Snap’s new AR glasses ‘Specs’ using pinch gestures to place virtual dominoes highlighted their intuitive UI and strong sense of immersion.

• •Snap’s new smart glasses ‘Specs’ use an intuitive pinch‑gesture control interface.
• •The review noted immersive feel and ease of placing virtual objects in the real world.
• •Despite a relatively high price of $2,200, the quality of the AR experience was confirmed to improve.

Snap is launching the predictive AI assistant “Specs Intelligence” on iOS and Mac, linking digital accounts to help manage work tasks and travel information.

• •The new tool “Specs Intelligence” integrates with other digital accounts to automatically manage users’ work and travel information.
• •It is an AI assistant similar to Meta’s Muse and Gemini’s Spark, but Snap positions it as a “predictive AI service.”
• •It supports iOS and Mac, and is designed to strengthen an ecosystem that integrates with the smart glasses “Specs.”

Berkeleyが提供するビジュアルプログラミング言語Snapについて、ブロックベースのインターフェースで計算機科学の基礎を直感的に学べる教育ツールとして紹介する

• •SnapはScratchと同様のブロックプログラミングを採用し、視覚的にコードを組み立てられる
• •子供向けの教育ツールであると同時に、関数型プログラミングなどの高度な概念も扱える
• •計算機科学の学習において、抽象的な概念を具体化して理解することを支援する