ENGO Eyewear offers smart sports glasses with an integrated heads-up display that projects real-time performance metrics directly into an athlete's field of vision. This allows endurance athletes to maintain focus on their form and effort, enabling seamless adjustments to pace and power without disrupting their flow.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Athletes often break concentration and disrupt their form by repeatedly checking wrist-worn devices for real-time performance data. This constant distraction can lead to pacing errors, increased anxiety, and suboptimal training or race execution.
Solution
ENGO Eyewear provides a heads-up display (HUD) integrated into lightweight sports glasses, projecting critical performance metrics directly into the athlete's field of vision. This allows for continuous focus on form and effort, enabling seamless adjustments to pace, power, and technique without interrupting the athlete's flow. By minimizing the need to look away, ENGO Eyewear facilitates more precise training, improved efficiency, and ultimately, better performance outcomes. The system is designed to be unobtrusive, allowing athletes to maintain their natural movement and mental state.
Target Audience
Endurance athletes, including runners, cyclists, and triathletes, who utilize performance tracking devices and seek to optimize their training and race execution through real-time data feedback.
Features
- Integrated micro-projector OLED display for real-time data visualization within the field of view.
- Bluetooth 4.2 connectivity for seamless data streaming from compatible sports watches and cycling computers (e.g., Garmin, Apple Watch, Suunto).
- Customizable dashboard functionality allowing users to select and display over 40 metrics including heart rate, pace, power, cadence, and altitude.
- Gesture control module for intuitive navigation between data screens or to turn the display off without breaking stride.
- Lightweight, impact-resistant frame construction weighing only 36g (standard) or 41g (large).
- 12-hour battery life with magnetic USB charging, providing all-day power for extended training sessions.
- Photochromic lens option (ENGO 2 Photochromic) that dynamically adjusts tint from Category 0 to Category 3 based on ambient light conditions.
- ActiveLook technology ecosystem, enabling integration with various sports applications and platforms, including Strava Live Segments on Apple Watch.