Snap OS now has Synth Riders, Star Wars, and Avatar: The Final Airbender minigames, which will likely be accessible on the buyer Snap Specs at launch.
What Are Snap OS, Snap Spectacles, And Snap Specs?
If you happen to’re unfamiliar, the present Snap Spectacles are $99/month AR glasses for builders ($50/month in the event that they’re college students), meant to allow them to develop apps for the Specs shopper product the corporate behind Snapchat intends to ship in 2026.
Spectacles have a 46° diagonal area of view, angular decision similar to Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, comparatively restricted computing energy, and a built-in battery lifetime of simply 45 minutes. They’re additionally the bulkiest AR machine in “glasses” type issue we have seen but, weighing 226 grams. That is nearly 5 instances as heavy as Ray-Ban Meta glasses, for an admittedly solely unfair comparability.
However Snap CEO Evan Spiegel claims that the buyer Specs can have “a a lot smaller type issue, at a fraction of the burden, with a ton extra functionality”, whereas operating all the identical apps developed to this point.
As such, what’s arguably extra vital to maintain observe of right here is Snap OS, not the developer package {hardware}.
Snap OS is comparatively distinctive. Whereas on an underlying degree it is Android-based, you may’t set up APKs on it, and thus builders cannot run native code or use third-party engines like Unity. As an alternative, they construct sandboxed “Lenses”, the corporate’s identify for apps, utilizing the Lens Studio software program for Home windows and macOS.
In Lens Studio, builders use JavaScript or TypeScript to work together with high-level APIs, whereas the working system itself handles the low-level core tech like rendering and core interactions. This has most of the similar benefits because the Shared Area of Apple’s visionOS: near-instant app launches, interplay consistency, and simple implementation of shared multi-user experiences with out friction. It even permits the Spectacles cell app for use as a spectator view for nearly any Lens.
Snap OS does not assist multitasking, however that is extra probably a limitation of the present {hardware} than the working system itself.
To date, Snap’s focus with its AR glasses platform has largely been on including new developer capabilities, and at Lens Fest 2025 this week launched a variety of latest APIs. These instruments have been utilized by dozens of enthusiastic AR builders to construct AR Lenses.
With the discharge of Snap OS 2.0 the corporate has additionally began constructing out consumer-focused options, like a Journey Mode, improved Browser with WebXR assist, and Gallery app.
And at Lens Fest, Snap additionally introduced the launch of Lenses from main builders and types, together with Star Wars and Avatar: The Final Airbender.
Snap OS Will get In-App Funds, Permission Alerts, UI Equipment, Cellular Equipment, EyeConnect
Snap OS now has in-app funds, a UI Equipment, a permissions system for uncooked digicam entry, EyeConnect computerized colocation, and extra.
Snap has repeatedly confirmed that each one present Lenses will run on the buyer Specs AR glasses coming in 2026, so all this content material needs to be accessible at launch.
Synth Riders
Synth Riders from Kluge Interactive is a well-liked XR rhythm sport accessible on Meta Quest, Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, PlayStation VR2 and PC VR headsets.
Final month Snap introduced {that a} ported model was coming to Snap OS, and it is out now.
Footage recorded by UploadVR at Snap London. NOTE: Spectacles information a a lot wider area of view than it may possibly show. In actuality, you may primarily solely see digital content material when trying instantly at it.
I went hands-on with Synth Riders on Snap Spectacles final month. Sadly, Spectacles can solely document for 30 seconds, however you may nonetheless get an concept of how the sport transfers from VR/MR headsets to AR glasses.
(As an apart, word how the digital object emits mild onto the furnishings beneath it. That is as a result of Snap OS offers a steady scene mesh to Lenses, letting them naturally slot in with actual world geometry.)
Star Wars: Holocron Histories
Star Wars: Holocron Histories is the most recent venture from ILM Immersive, the XR improvement wing of Industrial Gentle & Magic.
The extraordinarily temporary clip proven at Lens Fest 2025 when saying Star Wars: Holocron Histories.
Snap says the Lens sees you “guided by a former pupil of the Pressure”, and has three experiences: an encounter between Jedi and Sith, a cautionary story from the Nightsisters, and an inspirational story concerning the Guardians of the Whills.
It is the most recent in an extended catalog of ILM Immersive Star Wars content material that features Vader Immortal on Quest and PlayStation VR, Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge on Quest and PlayStation VR2, and the brand new Star Wars: Past Victory combined actuality sport for Quest 3.
Avatar: The Final Airbender
Snap says the Avatar: The Final Airbender Lens permits you to prepare alongside Aang, utilizing head motion and hand gestures to propel air ahead and knock down targets.
Figma & Tripadvisor “Coming Quickly”
Snap says Lenses from Figma and Tripadvisor are “coming quickly”.
There are not any particular particulars but on what precisely these Lenses will likely be.
A Constructing Content material Library
With promised true AR, just like the Spectacles developer package, however in “a a lot smaller type issue, at a fraction of the burden, with a ton extra functionality”, as CEO Evan Spiegel claims, Snap Specs are more likely to be priced within the hundreds of {dollars}, and the corporate must persuade potential consumers that the content material accessible justifies the worth.
Yoga (left) and Translation (proper)
With the Star Wars, Avatar: The Final Airbender, and Synth Riders minigames becoming a member of present third-party titles like Lego Bricktacular, and new and up to date first-party ones like Yoga and Translation, Snap appears to be steadily constructing out the Snap OS content material library forward of the launch subsequent yr.
