Last June, I wrote about the combination of TrackingPoint and Google Glass to maximise the benefits of using TrackingPoint's Precision Guided Firearm (PGF). TrackingPoint's PGF, if any introduction is still required to our readers, is a shooting technology that's akin to a jet fighter pilot's cockpit --- select the target and achieve a lock on and off the missile goes to the target. With the PGF, it fires the rifle only when everything's aligned, even if the shooter already has  pressed the trigger just for selecting the target.

Now, TrackingPoint moved from Google Glass which it uses with its Shotview Streaming App made for Android and iOS devices, to releasing its own ShotGlass, calling it the Google Glass of Shooting, "ShotGlass digital shooting glasses empower you to shoot around corners and record your hunt. ShotGlass is the Google Glass of hunting and shooting. It enhances your precision-guided shooting experience using a built-in camera and high-definition video display."

Looking at the design of the ShotGlass, it looks like it is based on Recon Instruments' Recon Jet that has been developed with the Shotview Streaming App. Previously featured here before, Optimus Prime thinks that the design of Recon Jet shows promise of a Tactical Heads Up Display and is much better suited for sport and tactical shooting. He actually wrote wondering if Recon Jet and the Shotview App can work together and thus, was thinking ahead. With Recon Instruments inviting developers to make apps suited for Recon Jet, TrackingPoint made full use of this opportunity. Furthermore, Recon Jet costs US$599 as compared to the US$1,500 Google Glass, so deciding which pair of glasses to use for the TrackingPoint ShotGlass, the pricing of Recon Jet made it easier for them.

One of the features of ShotGlass is Increased Situational Awareness. Whilst the PGF is zoomed-in to the target the ShotGlass remains zoomed out giving the shooter a two fields of view with the zoomed out view giving a bigger picture of the situation an environment. For those used with GoPros, ShotGlass can also record videos of the action to be downloaded to smartphones and can be shared via social media. For me, the feature I like best is the Collaborative Shooting and Mentoring feature especially for shooting instructors and sniper teams where the Spotted can easily direct the sniper to targets with the ShotGlass.

TrackingPoint is making the future of precision shooting not only easier, but even more convenient with the combination of their PGF, Shotview, and ShotGlass. One can purchase the ShotGlass for US$995 but it will be free if one purchases a PGF Rifle before the 30th of November as part of a promo.

Press release below:

ShotGlass™, The First Wearable Tech For Hunting and Shooting

ShotGlass™, the Google Glass™ of hunting and shooting, enhances the precision-guided shooting experience via a built-in camera and high definition video display.

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas, Oct. 14, 2014. TrackingPoint™, creator of the world's first and only Precision-Guided Firearm (PGF) systems, today announces the world's first weapon-integrated digital shooting glasses, ShotGlass™. The new digital shooting glasses allow you to routinely make extraordinary shots from around corners, covered positions, over walls and behind trees. ShotGlass™ includes a video camera, microphone, and a high-definition video display, that automatically records high definition videos of your hunting and shooting experiences.

"ShotGlass™ is similar to Google Glass™ but optimized for shooting sports," said TrackingPoint CEO John Lupher.  "The innovative shooting glasses have an aggressive high-tech posture and connect wirelessly to TrackingPoint's Precision-Guided Firearm's. ShotGlass™ can even record the excitement of your voice when you make an astonishing shot on a moving trophy at extreme distance."

ShotGlass™ has four primary uses:

1. Shooting around corners.  Shoot from completely protected positions from behind trees or around corners when necessary to remain unexposed to the target.
2. Increase situational awareness.  When you are zoomed in on a target with your Precision-Guided Firearm, the view in ShotGlass™ can remain zoomed out. This permits you two unique fields-of-view on the same shot.
3. Video/Voice Recording.  ShotGlass™ can record everything you are seeing and saying.  With the same capabilities as a GoPro™, ShotGlass™ videos can download directly to smart devices for sharing with friends, family and social media.
4. Collaborative shooting and mentoring.  Friends or family can wear ShotGlass™ while others are shooting.  They can see exactly what the shooter is seeing and share the same experience.  Fathers can mentor children by guiding them to the proper whitetail.  Professional hunters can see exactly what target their client is engaging and direct the client to the desired target and to the actual desired point-of-impact.  In battle, a spotter wears ShotGlass™ to direct their sniper to the desired target in real-time under high battle stress. 

ShotGlass™ is simple to use. Put them on like any other glasses and get ready to experience high-definition displays showing exactly what the TrackingPoint Precision-Guided Firearm is pointing toward. Now engage your target without actually looking through the Precision-Guided Firearm. You can shoot from a completely covered position without exposing your position. Hit a wild boar at 900 yards from behind a tree with only the PGF and shooting hand exposed. Tag-and-Shoot an entire pack of wild boar without being detected.

"Wearable tech, designed to enhance the shooting and hunting experience, changes the way you experience the sport," said TrackingPoint CEO John Lupher. "ShotGlass™ adds an element to hunting and shooting that is beyond belief."

Technical Specifications

• Wide Screen WQVGA display (Image appears as if on a 30" HD Display)
• High contrast and brightness
• Power saving sleep mode
• Optical control buttons – control even with hunting gloves on
• HD Camera
• Speaker and Microphone

Accepting pre-orders now for delivery in March, ShotGlass™ is available for $995 to TrackingPoint Precision-Guided Firearm owners. ShotGlass™ is free of charge with the purchase of your Precision-Guided Firearm prior to November 30, 2014.  For more information visit www.Tracking-Point.com/ShotGlass.

About TrackingPoint

TrackingPoint based in Austin, Texas created the first Precision-Guided Firearm, a revolutionary new shooting system that puts fighter jet lock-and-launch technology in rifles, enabling anyone to make extraordinary shots on moving targets at extreme distances. www.tracking-point.com.