A few years ago there was a flurry of activity with swim goggles with gps tracking or magnetic gyroscope to basically let you know if you are tracking in a straight line during an open water swim. (I also thought it would be nice to have some type of camera on top of your head with HUD window on your googles so you wouldn’t need to lift your head up to sight). After doing a search it seems like most of these ideas died (iolite looks to possibly still be in existence, but retailers who have listed say it’s no longer available). Just curious if anyone knows what’s happening in this area.
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Re: What’s the current state of high tech swim goggles? [vonschnapps]
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How about this thing - https://www.indiegogo.com/...p-display-for-swim#/
Oh and this one - https://www.wareable.com/...wimming-wearable-340
And this one - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/instabeat#/
All seem to have died on the vine. I am guessing that water is a tough environment for the electronics.
Next races on the schedule: none at the moment
Oh and this one - https://www.wareable.com/...wimming-wearable-340
And this one - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/instabeat#/
All seem to have died on the vine. I am guessing that water is a tough environment for the electronics.
Next races on the schedule: none at the moment
Re: What’s the current state of high tech swim goggles? [alex_korr]
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Those are the ones I saw while trying to find out what's available. It seems like the first (Zwim) was a failed kick starter campaign from a few years ago, as there were online comments about them not shipping and people calling it a scam. The instabeat one was just a simple google glass type display of heart rate, pace, etc, and last thing on them was in 2017. Also looks like the SwimAR, which again is just a display device is also 'indefinitely on hold'. You're probably spot on with the water environment issues, but I've had a swimming mp3 player that's lasted for years. You'd think Garmin. with their swim tech, Varia HUD unit, and GPS technology would be the one to come up with something.
Re: What’s the current state of high tech swim goggles? [vonschnapps]
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vonschnapps wrote:
The instabeat one was just a simple google glass type display of heart rate, pace, etc, and last thing on them was in 2017. Also looks like the SwimAR, which again is just a display device is also 'indefinitely on hold'.Instabeat appears to still be aliv. www.instabeat.com
I did some beta testing on this when it was very young in it's development and I worked for Aqua Sphere. Interesting product, but I don't see it as a helpful metric in the pool. Just my $.02.
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Re: What’s the current state of high tech swim goggles? [vonschnapps]
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Most of that tech would be illegal in a swim race and was half baked at best.
Not a good combination.
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Not a good combination.
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Re: What’s the current state of high tech swim goggles? [vonschnapps]
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vonschnapps wrote:
You'd think Garmin. with their swim tech, Varia HUD unit, and GPS technology would be the one to come up with something.Not nearly big enough market appeal to pay off the investment needed to do something worthwhile, IMHO.
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Re: What’s the current state of high tech swim goggles? [vonschnapps]
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I recognize that this post has aged a little bit.
We intentionally delayed our tech a bit because we wanted to get it "just right". We arre currently shipping all over the world.
We just posted remarks that answer a lot of questions about our technology in another thread on the forum:
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/...r_%24250!__P7151886/
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Re: What’s the current state of high tech swim goggles? [vonschnapps]
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Niche market. Form has a chance and that’s probably about it.
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