RECON JET HEAD UP DISPLAY GLASSES

SPECIFICATION

The world’s most powerful smart eyewear built for sports and fitness, Recon Jet delivers live metrics directly to your eye without breaking the flow of your activity.

Integrated sensor suite and GPS not enough? Connect third-party sensors via ANT+.

Share your metrics to Recon Engage in real time—then upload them to MapMyFitness, TrainingPeaks, or Strava.

Capture the moment with an instant-access point-of-view camera.

See call and text notifications from your smartphone.

INSTANT ACCESS

All your metrics displayed live, just below your right eye. How's that for speed? Get the info you need without compromising your posture. A flicker of the eye is enough.

RIDE SMARTER

Your handlebars are the last thing you should be looking at mid-ride. That’s why training with Recon Jet is a revelation. No matter where you’re looking, your numbers are always right where you need them.

RUN SMARTER

Looking at your wrist means breaking form, breaking stride, and losing focus. With Recon Jet, the numbers are never more than a glance away. That means training smarter isn’t harder.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Recon Jet - The World's Most Advanced Wearable Computer Recon Jet is our heads-up display for sports that unobtrusively delivers relevant information at a quick glance. The Jet features a powerful microcomputer and a full-color widescreen display designed for active outdoor use, mounted on high-performance polarized sports eyewear. The Jet comes loaded with software catering to endurance athletes such as cyclits, triathletes and runners. These sunglasses allow them to see their key performance metrics at a glance and connect to their smartphone to receive caller ID & SMS alerts on the fly. Features: Performance metrics always at a glance, including: distance, speed, pace, ascent/descent Use your smart phone and Bluetooth or ANT+ sensors to retrieve even more data like heart rate, power and cadence Crisp, high quality display equivalent to 30° screen viewed from 7 feet away; wakes up when you look down but turns off when you look away Built in camera to capture photos and video instantly, always capturing the perfect shot In their small frame, the Recon Jet hold a smartphone-class processor and built-in GPS with comprehensive sensors (accelerometer, altimete, magnetometer, gyroscope and barometer) Bluetooth Smart, Wi-Fi and ANT+ Connectivity Interchangable lithium-ion battery snaps on opposite the engine for weight balance Easy to use two button rocker with optical touchpad, so interacting with Jet is a breeze on the move More than just cool technology, the Recon Jet is true performance eyewear. Four interchangeable lens options that are complete UVA and UVB protected for maximum visual clarity Recon Engage lets you analyze and share your data from anywhere, with a customizable dashboard with up to six activities Even more great features coming soon Developers. What Will You Build? Developers, our SDK and API enable you to use Jet’s sophisticated hardware to build amazing native applications.

BUSINESS OBJECTIVE 

Recon needed a custom manufacturing solution for its new Recon Jet eyewear to establish a strong market position. It sought a partner with deep experience in consumer wearables, nimble manufacturing expertise and the know-how and connections to deliver a scalable solution globally. It found those qualities in Flex.

MOVING WITH AGILITY FROM PROTOTYPE TO MARKET

Recon’s partnership with Flex brought Sketch-to-Scale® capabilities and the agility needed to stretch from prototyping through production to market delivery. Recon worked with Flex to consolidate its supply chain, vertically integrate all plastics manufacturing for the smart glasses and assemble complete product units.

The first thing to note about the Recon Jet is its looks. It's essentially a pair of open bottomed glasses with two large bits on the sides. On the right is the screen, touch pad and buttons, on the left is the battery unit. Those components add a fair amount of weight to the glasses, which come in at 86g. This extra weight is not necessarily a bad thing in many cases though as it stops much movement when wearing them.

To help with this they also have an adjustable nosepiece and arms to help keep things secure. They are also fairly comfortable to wear for a considerable amount of time. In fact the only thing that stopped me wearing them for more than three and a half hours is the battery life. That's a significant limitation, considering that many rides will be longer than this.

As I mentioned, the main components sit on the right hand side. There is a small screen which sits in the bottom right of your vision, and is adjustable to make sure you can see it effectively. The screen itself is easy to see and I even managed to use the intelligent selective looking technology, which turns off the display when you are not looking at it.

The menus on the screen are navigated by a swipe pad also located on the right side of the glasses. It is simple to use and cycle through the apps, which include maps, compass, camera, music player and gallery as native. These are supplemented by a few third party apps such as Maple, Go Pro Remote, Refuel and VIRB.