Smith Optics
With the start of the new year, Smith Optics and Recon Instruments announced their partnership in their debut of a new interchangeable goggle with in-lens LCD video. Blending these two amazing technologies, users will be able to connect with Bluetooth® video from their smartphones to view texts, weather conditions, e-mails and more right in front of their eyes- literally. Read on for the press release below:
In a world where technology seems to be everywhere, market leaders Smith Optics and Recon Instruments are partnering to put tech where it matters- right in front of your eye.
Through a formal partnership, Smith Optics will be debuting new product incorporating Recon Instruments direct-to-eye technology at the upcoming Outdoor Retailer, Snow Industries America (SIA) and ISPO trade shows. With Bluetooth® connectivity to smartphones more information will be immediately visible to skiers and snowboarders than ever before.
“When we created the I/O goggle the industry took notice. When Recon created their direct-to-eye technology early adopters noticed. Over the past few years we have been quietly working together to enhance both and we will proudly debut the result at the upcoming shows,” said Eric Carlston, VP of Product & Design at Smith Optics.
Recon Instruments’ next generation of technology will boast a number of additional groundbreaking features. Users will be able to view Bluetooth® video on the widescreen LCD installed in the google and navigate through the fully integrated MOD Live experience with the use of a wireless remote.
“We’re thrilled to be working with one of the most well known goggle brands in the world,” said Dan Eisenhardt, CEO Recon Instruments. “The partnership exposes millions of skiers and riders to our industry leading Micro Optics Display technology.”
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Recon Instruments
Check out Recon Instruments’ press release below:
Recon Instruments, award winning innovator of Micro Optics Display
(MOD) technology for action sport athletes, is excited to announce official partnerships with Smith Optics and
SCOTT Sports to debut new goggles and color-ways compatible with MOD and MOD Live displays for skiing,
snowboarding, and snowmobiling. The displays utilize GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, altimeter and
temperature sensors to provide skiers and riders with precise speed, jump, vertical, altitude, location, distance,
and temperature measurements and readings in real-time. MOD Live boasts additional smartphone connectivity
and advanced onboard apps.
“We are thrilled to expand our family of world-class partnerships with the addition of these two pre-eminent
global goggle brands,” said Dan Eisenhardt, CEO Recon Instruments. “MOD and MOD Live will deliver a variety of
real-time data to Smith and SCOTT’s loyal skiers and riders, allowing millions of more people to enhance their
experiences and relive trips on Recon HQ, our online community.”
The latest goggles will be unveiled this month at Outdoor Retailer (OR), Snow Industries America (SIA), and ISPO
winter sports trade shows. Partnership discussions have been going on for years between these pioneering
brands, culminating as the consumer pull and market need for Recon’s MOD offerings has become
overpowering.
“Over the last six years we have often dreamed of incorporating Heads Up Display technology into Smith
goggles, and it is extremely exciting to finally be incorporating a product that does all it claims to do,” said Eric
Carlson, VP of Product & Design. Smith Optics. “Our partnership with Recon Instruments has already helped
Smith push past current boundaries as well as set us up for future innovation. Anyone can buy parts from a
supplier, but true partnerships like ours with Recon will bring new products to market that neither group could
have imagined alone.”
“Having the opportunity to combine our high-quality goggle and lens manufacturing know-how, with the
innovative MOD and MOD Live products from Recon Instruments, is a great asset for both SCOTT and Recon,”
said Clovis Henzen, Sports Division Manager of SCOTT Sports. “With our new Recon Ready goggle, the NAV-R-2,
we are underlining our position as a leading brand in the sports eyewear market”
MOD Live currently ships with several industry first applications including: Jump Analytics, Buddy
Tracking, Smartphone Connectivity, a Navigation app pre-loaded with the largest database of trail maps in the
world, and even Music Playlist Mode. The company has plans to unlock a camera connectivity app for use with
point of view action cams next month and an SDK (software developer’s kit) in May 2012, allowing users to
create their own apps for MOD Live.
For additional information about Recon Instruments please visit www.reconinstruments.com or follow us
at @Reconinstrument and facebook.com/reconinstruments.
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