Snap’s latest generation of augmented reality Spectacles have been lambasted by one of the engineers that helped to create them. The glasses, revealed earlier this week, were described as “a disaster” by Sterling Crispin,

These new AR glasses are amazing. And extremely goofy. Before I get to Snap’s new Spectacles, a confession: I have a long history of putting goofy new things on my face and liking it. Back in 2011, I tried on Sony’s head-mounted 3D glasses and,

Due to the target audience being developers, Snap is taking a hardware-as-a-service approach to product sales, charging devs $99 a month. Before you get too excited, however, keep in mind that there’s a one-year commitment period, so you’d be getting out a little under $1,200, pre-tax.