Motorola Invests in Local Smart Glasses Company

Dec 19 2017, 6:23 pm

Recon Instruments, the award-winning technology company behind the world’s leading consumer Heads-up Displays (HUD) for sports, is pleased to announce that Motorola Solutions, through its strategic investment arm Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, has made an investment in the company. Having shipped three generations of products already, Recon is a leading pioneer in wearable computing and Heads-up Display technology. The investment from Motorola Solutions will be used to accelerate product development and to ramp up global marketing and distribution.

“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.

 

DH Vancouver StaffDH Vancouver Staff

+ News
ADVERTISEMENT