This startup raised $750,000 on Kickstarter to replace your Fitbit — and your eyeglasses People with glasses usually wear them every day. Most people would head home instead of going a day without their glasses. You can't say the same thing about modern wearables, like Fitbit or Apple Watch. That's why Tiantian Zhang, Aaron Rowley, and Jason Gui founded Vue, a startup building a pair of smartglasses that can track your activity and replace your headphones for calls, too. Vue is less like Google Glass and more like a standard pair of glasses. There's no screen in front of your eyes. "These glasses are virtually indistinguishable from other glasses you would buy," Rowley said. Think Warby Parker, not Hololens. The technology is more subtle than a screen. Packed inside the Vue frames is quite a bit of technology — bone conduction pads that will allow you to pick up a phone call, a tiny LED light for notifications, a microphone, a battery, and an accelerometer for step tracking. But those little bits of technology can pull off some pretty cool tricks when paired with the mobile app. If you want a pair of Vue smart glasses, they cost $179 on Kickstarter and come with a pair of prescription lenses or sunglass lenses. They come in two styles, three colors, and a host of other personal options. Now this is what wearables should be about - hardly distinguishable from what you would normally wear, but packing a whole lot of functionality inside. Read more at http://ift.tt/2fWyCzs
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