[September 13, 2023] – Blucap, the pioneering smart eyewear brand, announces the Blucap Moto navigation sunglasses, creating a new way of navigation and riding experience for motorcycle enthusiasts.
A Revolutionary Motorcycle Navigation
Blucap Moto is a navigation device that displays information directly in front of the rider's line of sight. It offers a distraction-free experience, with turn arrows that only appear when needed. In the name of navigation glasses, Blucap Moto stands out for its map navigation, which can be controlled with a handlebar remote, meeting all your navigation needs in complex road conditions.
In addition, Blucap Moto connects to phones via Bluetooth, eliminating the need to keep the phone screen on when using its navigation features. Riders can choose to keep their phones in a bag or pocket, avoiding the inconvenience of mounting the phone on a holder and potential issues like camera lens vibration damage, rain damage, phone overheating, and battery consumption.
With Blucap Moto, riders can ride safely and without distractions, enjoying an immersive riding experience without the need to look down at their phones.
Blucap has developed a full-featured navigation app designed specifically for motorcycle riders. This app offers features such as multiple route options, the ability to add multiple stops, and the option to avoid traffic. It can replace mainstream navigation applications on the market.
Blucap has designed a smart routing function, allowing riders to obtain a recommended riding route generated by an algorithm. The route is based on the rider's personal preferences, including the general direction and distance of the ride, as well as their preference for winding roads or scenic spots. This feature provides a personalized and enjoyable riding experience for riders.
Design Excellence and Wearing Experience
According to Blucap's design philosophy, smart glasses should first and foremost provide a comfortable wearing experience, just like regular glasses. Unlike other smart or AR glasses, the Blucap Moto is lightweight and has the appearance of regular sunglasses. The thin temples and flexible material at the ends make it easy to wear comfortably under a helmet.
The Blucap design team has defined an "Anti-Tech" design for electronic function interaction. The glasses do not have any buttons, LED indicators, or USB ports. From the outside, they look like a pair of understated, classic-style sunglasses, but they actually contain cutting-edge AR technology inside.
When unfolding and wearing the glasses, they automatically power on and connect to a mobile phone via Bluetooth. This makes daily usage as simple as wearing and removing normal glasses, without any redundant steps.
The charging LED and low-frequency button have been relocated to the magnetic charging dock, resulting in fewer electronic components on the glasses. This design change further reduces the weight and power consumption of the glasses. Blucap has also developed a unique design feature called ShiftLock™, which enables quick and easy replacement of outer lenses with different levels of light transmission. This makes it possible to adapt to night riding and use as prescription glasses. Polarized and photochromic lenses are also available for purchase.
Customized Prescription Lenses
Traditional motorcycle sunglasses use an RX adapter for prescription lenses. This not only looks unattractive but also adds weight to the glasses. However, Blucap has designed and established a unique supplier system that allows for prescription customization through an upgrade service. This means that Blucap Moto can be fitted with prescription lenses without altering the appearance or adding an RX adapter. This provides an attractive and lightweight solution for riders.
Cutting-edge AR Technology
Blucap focused on cutting-edge Micro LED and waveguide lenses as its optical solution two years ago, in order to avoid the bulky shape, heavy weight, and high power consumption of traditional AR glasses,as well as their thick temples. This was the only way to meet the design requirements of the Blucap brand for glasses' appearance and weight. Blucap Moto uses JBD's 0.13-inch Micro LED, which is the smallest and brightest display in the world. The light engine composed of it is only the size of an eraser at the end of a pencil,allowing it to be discreetly implanted at the root of the glasses' legs. Compared to other AR visual solutions, it not only has a small size that does not invade the field of view but also has the advantages of high brightness and low power consumption.
Blucap Moto has uniquely designed a diffractive waveguide lens to cater to actual riding scenes. This type of waveguide lens can meet complex optical performance requirements, such as high transparency,high brightness transmission, fog resistance, anti-glare reflection, and prescription customization, compared to ordinary waveguide lenses. With strong support from AR suppliers and manufacturing partners, Blucap Moto has completed the preparation of the key technical confirmation before mass production.
Sales Plan
The official retail price of Blucap Moto is $399. The dealer program is currently underway, and those interested in becoming a Blucap dealer can apply by filling out the official dealer application form. At the end of September, Blucap Moto will launch a project on Kickstarter with early bird pricing available. For more details, stay tuned for a follow-up Kickstarter page.
Market Resonance
Blucap Moto has not yet been fully released, but it has already amassed over 26,000 followers on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram in the past three months. The dealer program,launched just one month ago, has received over 200 applications from around the world. The applicants include motorcycle dealerships, equipment stores, custom shops, eyewear stores, and various online channels and individuals from North America, Europe, and Asia. This strong interest and anticipation for Blucap Moto's innovative product from riders all over the world demonstrates its potential for success.
Product Key Features
- Navigation: Real-time HUD Map Navigation, Turn Directions. Connects to phone via Bluetooth when worn as glasses, utilizing the phone's computing power and GPS hardware; the phone can remain locked during connection and use.
- Other HUD features: Speed, speeding alerts, incoming calls, and messages.
- Ordinary glasses appearance, full helmet compatibility, Anti-Tech design: No buttons,LEDs, or USB sockets on the frame.
- ShiftLock™ external lens quick-release design, suitable for night riding.
- Optional replacement lenses: 10-color polarized lenses and photochromic lenses, all with 100% UVA/UVB protection, anti-fog, scratch-resistant, hydrophobic and oleophobic coating, and contrast enhancement.
- The inner lens supports prescription lens customization. When purchasing Blucap Moto,the user can simultaneously submit prescription information on the official website when placing an order.
- The voice control function can be triggered through the remote control, and it is compatible with Bluetooth headphones from other brands.
- The nose pad is interchangeable in sizes M and L.
- The Blucap Moto comes with a magnetic charging adapter for easy charging.
- Ultra-low-power MicroLED Light engine and computing chip support all-day riding navigation(with a battery life of an average navigation usage of over 10 hours).
- The remote control connects to the phone app via Bluetooth. With multiple installation accessories, it can support various handlebar types.
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