Recon Jet integrates heads-up display with sports sunglasses

Recon Instruments has revealed the Recon Jet, which combines buy glasses online with a heads-up display designed specifically for sports. The new glasses are due to be unveiled at Google I/O, starting on Wednesday in San Francisco.Recon Instruments has previously integrated a HUD into skiing goggles and is now making the hop to glasses.

"We are excited to be showing Recon Jet at Google I/O. Since we started the company in 2008 we have developed HUDs with a purpose; to relay instant, activity specific, user defined information effortlessly to the user's eye," said Hamid Abdollahi, chief technical officer of Recon Instruments.Thanks to miniturisation of the components involved, you get a dual-core CPU, a dedicated GPU, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and ANT+ for connection to other sports sensors. There's also an HD display and camera, the display offering "gaze detection" so it switches off when you're not actually looking at it.

There's also a mic and speakers and, of course, polarised lenses on the fashion glasses themselves. The glasses weigh 60g.The Recon Jet reveal at Google I/O will give developers the chance to see what the new glasses can do, with Recon looking for third-party app integration with an SDK and API available.That should mean sports apps and services like Runkeeper or Nike+ could easily be incorporated. Recon says it is already working with some of the top sports companies to make that happen.There's no word on pricing or availability, but it looks like Google Glass has a sporty cousin.xcTFR5DS

While picking him up from school in Los Angeles, the Oscar winner's 3-year-old grabbed hold of the fashion eyeglasses in an apparent effort to remove them.But who can blame him? After all, it has been extremely bright in SoCal lately.Sunglasses are something I almost never spend money on. With good reason—I tend to lose them very, very quickly. But a new pair from Arnette caught my attention because of the ability to customize them.

The Squaresville line from Arnette is the latest addition to the Arnette Creative Exchange System (ACES). Each pair of glasses comes with an extra set of interchangeable arms that are compatible with other A.C.E.S frames. An included tool allows you to press into a hole on the side of each arm and then slowly slide the arms off so you can insert a different set.

The arms felt secure in place when changed out and the hinges didn’t seem to take any noticeable wear and tear after I switched them a few times. I found I quite liked wearing, let’s say a black model with brown arms, as opposed to black ones.

The fashion sunglasses appear to be a hit with a number of celebrities already including Robbie Maddison who is known for successfully jumping 96 feet up onto the Arc de Triomphe in front of Paris Las Vegas and then descending an 80-foot drop off the monument on New Years Eve 2008.