Goggles

For triathletes swimming in lakes or the sea, there are no lane markers to follow. That’s why OnCourse Goggles were created. Using LEDs, they show the wearer how to stay … well, on course.

Mini’s new Augmented Vision driving goggles bring some of the features of your standard heads-up display to a set of glasses, and add a few extra features tot make them an interesting peek at the future of both connected eyewear and connected vehicles.

Sealz is a new pair of sunglasses that can also become a pair of goggles with a button press, allowing them to be used for both UV protection and clear underwater vision. They additionally feature full UVA/UVB protection, impact-resistant polycarbonate lenses, and polarization to reduce glare.

Wearable technology is popping up in more and more areas of our lives, including ski slopes. The RideOn AR goggles offer skiers and snowboarders a view of the mountain augmented with digital overlays, showing directions, messages, weather reports, and virtual gates projected in front of your eyes.

Created by Canadian entrepreneur Dimitri Poliderakis, the North45 scarf is designed to keep winter sports enthusiasts' faces warm while simultaneously not causing their goggles to fog up. We got a chance to try one out.

Few things can take away from a day of downhill skiing quite like foggy goggles. Although many models feature an anti-fog coating, entrepreneur Dave McCulloch wasn't pleased with their performance. This prompted him to take a thin-film heating element, and incorporate it into his F-BOM ski goggles.

Zeal was one of the first major ski goggle manufacturers to integrate an HD actioncam into its goggles. Now it's readying a second generation version, the HD2 Camera Goggle, that packs upgraded hardware and new features.

Instabeat is a heart rate-monitoring device for swimmers, that displays data within their goggles.

Oakley's new AirWave goggles offer features such as GPS, text messaging and Buetooth.

New “intelligent” goggles provide partly-sighted people with Terminator-style vision.

Reversing Goggles allow you to see the world upside-down or reversed left-to-right.

Casco Magne-Link goggles feature a magnetic fit system compatible with certain winter helmets.