Dan Eisenhart, CEO of Recon, which makes video inserts for ski goggles, gave an interview to Bloomberg News the other day. He talks about the social aspects of Glass (isn't everybody?) and wearable tech in general. He says he's sold 50,000 units at $350. Not bad. (We understand that the video below isn't rendering for everyone because of Bloomberg's video supplier. We're … [Read more...]
Recon Ski HUD Gets Facebook Integration
We've written before about the heads-up ski goggle display insert from Recon Instruments, which is the tech guts of several other goggles including Oakley's. Now comes word from Recon that the latest software rev will include Facebook integration. If you enable it, the Snow2 HUD module will let skier see their news feeds. The update, along with parallel updates to Recon's iOS … [Read more...]
Heads-up Ski Display from Recon
Frequent readers will recall the Oakley ski goggles from last month. Turns out you can buy the technology without the goggle -- and put it into the goggle of your choice. Recon Instruments sells the Snow2 Android-based insert. Onboard sensors measure your speed descent, distance, and so on; it'll interface with heart monitors and cameras, and allow Bluetooth 4.0 connections … [Read more...]
Hands-on with the Avegant Retinal Display; Pre-orders at CES
I wrote last month about the Avegant Retinal Display, a goggle-style headset that projects images directly onto your retina. I got a hands-on demo Friday at Engadget Espand, as well as a chat with the energetic COO Yobie Benajmin, and it was a special as I'd hoped. Most goggle viewers work by throwing an image onto a tiny hi-res screen that sits close to your eyes. … [Read more...]
Avegant Retinal Display Prototype
Most heads-up displays work by putting a monitor close to your eyes, one way or another. cNet's got a hands-on story about the Avegant Virtual Retinal Display, a prototype that actually projects images directly onto your retina. It sounds creepy, but it is, after all, how people see: light hitting the backs of our eyes. There's a key quote from Avegant's Allan Evens, … [Read more...]