Recon Instruments has landed an investment from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, the strategic investment arm of Motorola Solutions, which is interested in commercializing Heads-up Display (HUD) technology Recon developed for goggles and other sports applications.
The investment will be used to accelerate product development and to ramp up global marketing and distribution at Recon, a Vancouver, BC startup that opened from business in 2008.
In November, Recon introduced the fourth generation of their heads up display for skiers and snowboarders, the Recon Snow2. The device is been designed to work with goggles from the world’s leading manufacturers including Oakley, Smith, Scott, Uvex, Alpina, Briko and Zeal. The company has developed its technology using an open platform to encourage third-party software developers to create apps for an endless variety of sports, social and contextual cases.
“Our products are designed to deliver contextual visual information, instantly and hands-free, in the most demanding environments” said Dan Eisenhardt, CEO of Recon Instruments. “As we extend our scalable smartglasses platform into industrial and public safety markets, we can leverage Motorola Solutions’ strength. Motorola Solutions is a global leader in ruggedized communication devices and data services, designed to perform in the most high-stress, high-focus situations imaginable, so the synergy is clear and powerful.”
“Recon Instruments is well known as a pioneer in the smartglasses market, with a focus on utility, durability and comfort,” said Tony Palcheck, managing director, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. “Those same attributes make their product relevant to the vertical markets that Motorola Solutions serves. Our customers need to have access to situation-specific information, instantly and hands-free in the moments that matter, and Recon’s modular, ruggedized hardware, innovative user interface and flexible software can enable that. We believe their solution can be easily adapted to many first responder applications. All the elements for growth are in place.”
Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of mission-critical communication solutions and services for government and enterprise customers.
