Android –powered goggles give a whole new outlook on life

Eye-wear seems to be at the top of list of new gadgets at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Its optical madness! With that in mind; Recon Instruments has shown off their new Recon-Ready goggles. Called ‘Transcend’, the goggles feature a kind of heads-up display system. Transcend gives real-time feedback to the user via a micro LCD display including speed, latitude/longitude, altitude, vertical distance travelled, total distance travelled, chrono/stopwatch mode, a run-counter, temperature and time. It is also the only pair of goggles that boast GPS capabilities, USB charging and data transfer to the post-processing software, Recon HQ. Users will be able to navigate through the state-of-the-art interactive widescreen LCD in real-time with the use of a wireless remote which can be strapped, clipped, or fastened to the body in any number of secured and convenient positions. Next generation Recon technology utilizes the Android operating system which will allow Recon Instruments, or other application developers, to create a suite of downloadable apps (beer goggles maybe?) to personalize their goggles and entire alpine experience. In addition, these things can interface with Android phones via Bluetooth to display Caller ID, text messages and music playlists, without having to pull your phone out of your pocket. There is no word as of yet at how much the Transcend goggles will cost but my guess is around a few million dollars.

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