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 former Recon Labs, Vancouver, BC | |
| Industry | Smartglasses, Wearable computers |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 17, 2008 |
| Founders | Dan Eisenhardt, Hamid Abdollahi, Fraser Hall, Darcy Hughes |
| Defunct | summer 2017 |
| Fate | acquired by Intel Corporation, closed in 2017 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | North America, Europe, Japan, Australia |
| Parent | Intel Corporation |
| Website | ReconInstruments.com |
Recon Instruments was a Canadian technology company that produced smartglasses and wearable displays marketed by the company as "heads-up displays" for sports. (However, none of Recon's products contained a transparent display element delivering actual see-through capability and can thus be considered heads-up displays in the true meaning of the term.) Recon's products delivered live activity metrics, GPS maps, and notifications directly to the user's eye. Recon's first heads-up display offering was released commercially in October 2010,[1] roughly a year and a half before Google introduced Google Glass.[2]
Recon received investments from companies including Motorola Solutions and Intel.[3][4] It also partnered with enterprise software vendors in order to make its latest smart eyewear device, the Jet, suitable for industrial applications.[5][6]
On June 17, 2015, Recon was acquired by Intel.[7][8] Recon then described itself as "an Intel company."[9]
In June 2017, Intel announced that all remaining Recon Instruments products were going to be discontinued by the end of the year.[10] According to a Bloomberg report in October 2017, Intel had in fact completely closed its Recon Instruments division already in early summer 2017.[11]
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- ^ "We think technology should work for you..." Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Recon Instruments Secures Investment from Motorola Solutions". Motorola Solutions. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Chip Shot: Intel Capital Invests in Wearables with Recon Instruments". Intel. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Recon Instruments Integrating Its Jet Smart Eyewear Solution With SAP AR Mobile Apps". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Recon Instruments And APX Labs Announce Partnership". Reuters. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "Intel Acquires Recon; Eyes Future of Wearables". Intel. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "Intel Acquires Recon Instruments". Recon Instruments. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "About us". Recon Instruments. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ Tung, Liam. "Raspberry Pi rivals Galileo, Joule, Edison axed by Intel, plus Recon Jet smart glasses". ZDNet. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
- ^ Webb, Alex. "Intel Shutters Its Augmented-Reality Goggles Brand". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2017-10-09.