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Operations => Tools of the trade => Topic started by: brent.teal on January 22, 2014, 03:45:33 PM

Title: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: brent.teal on January 22, 2014, 03:45:33 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/21/oakley-high-tech-snow-goggles-glide-into-sundance-film-festival/ (http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/21/oakley-high-tech-snow-goggles-glide-into-sundance-film-festival/)

think about what this type of technology could mean for GTM's.  There is a buddy function and you could always know where your team members are.  It's a bit pricey i'm sure but give it a few years.  build a DF triangulation function into it. 
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: Eclipse on January 22, 2014, 03:55:19 PM
The HUDs they are building into motorcycle helmets are pretty amazing as well.
(http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nuviz-11.jpg)

Alas, by the time this stuff shows up in Walmart, we'll all be sporting tracker chips and
being a missing person will be a thing of the past.
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: a2capt on January 22, 2014, 04:58:43 PM
...and if it's like the knee-jerk reaction that Glass is spurring, you won't even get to use the device because someone at Wing Legal has a lack of understanding of what it's capabilities are, therefor just Ban It.
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: Eclipse on January 22, 2014, 05:02:55 PM
Quote from: a2capt on January 22, 2014, 04:58:43 PM
...and if it's like the knee-jerk reaction that Glass is spurring, you won't even get to use the device because someone at Wing Legal has a lack of understanding of what it's capabilities are, therefor just Ban It.

Seriously - I don't know where / how that is going to playout.  There's all kinds of issues with the tech, but
none of them are the obvious ones.   I can record you just as easily with a cell phone in my pocket as with
Glass, and what's more surreptitious?  That or a camera in full view of everyone?

Having info heads-up is probably safer then looking down for it, though there are a number of manufacturers working
on HUD devices without the Glass restrictions, so watching a movie in the hud is in the future.
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: NIN on January 22, 2014, 05:42:20 PM
Recon Instruments has had this tech for a number of years for skiers/snowboarders, and they've licensed it to Oakley:

http://www.reconinstruments.com/ (http://www.reconinstruments.com/)

I know a few wingsuiters who are using it for realtime flight path feedback info.
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: HGjunkie on January 22, 2014, 11:48:06 PM
Quote from: NIN on January 22, 2014, 05:42:20 PM
Recon Instruments has had this tech for a number of years for skiers/snowboarders, and they've licensed it to Oakley:

http://www.reconinstruments.com/ (http://www.reconinstruments.com/)

I know a few wingsuiters who are using it for realtime flight path feedback info.

Wow, that reconjet is a lot cheaper than Google glass. Now I really really want a personal HUD even more.
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: NIN on January 22, 2014, 11:50:21 PM
Except you gotta wear the goggles
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: HGjunkie on January 22, 2014, 11:50:57 PM
(http://www.reconinstruments.com/wp-content/themes/recon/img/jet/slide-3.jpg)
Title: Re: electronic oakley ski googles, think about the possiblities
Post by: NIN on January 23, 2014, 12:17:33 AM
Oh, :that's the new thing