Luxottica Group and Intel announced the launch of the new smart eyewear Radar Pace, which features a real-time voice activated coaching system.
Combining Luxottica’s Oakley brand’s performance-centric design with Intel’s experience-driven technology, Radar Pace aims to deliver an innovative and personal training device for athletes.
Radar Pace, which was launched on Oakley.com and in select Oakley retail stores, creates dynamic and custom training programs, tracks performances, coaches in real-time and responds to questions asked by the user.
Radar Pace Sunglasses and Training System of eyewear is the advanced technology of Intel to deliver real-time voice-activated coaching.
Radar Pace is made up of Oakley eyewear with integrated earbuds and microphone as well as a mobile app for iOS and Android. The app is available for free download from the Apple App Store or on Google Play.
With smart technology, the device collects and then analyzes the user’s performance data, such as power output, heart rate, speed and pace. It then gathers information and relays it to the athlete in real-time. This allows the athlete to receive actionable feedback that is easy to understand rather then pure data that the athlete would then have to process.
The coaching feature in this device can be compared to a human coach. It creates training regimens for all types of athletes and provides instructions and motivation based on performance.
Similar to a human coach, the eyewear holds athletes accountable to a structured program in attempts to transform how they track and understand their performances.
Athletes receive a lot of this information through the eyewear’s natural voice interaction