The brand new Unistellar Envision smart binoculars are about to launch and I got the chance to try them out early during a trip to the Hudson River in New York. Immediately, I was struck by how sci-fi they felt.

First, some context: Unistellar is a telescope and binocular optics manufacturer known for its Odyssey smart telescopes (not to mention the eQuinox 2) that connect stargazers with the night sky. Yoy can find our reviews of that gear on our list of the best smart telescopes available now.

But the Envision binoculars, which Unistellar initially developed via a Kickstarter that raised $2.7 million with 3,700 backers, are something new: a set of smart binoculars that use GPS and geospatial data and an augmented reality overlay to give real-time information on what an observer is seei

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