Pre-order the Unistellar Envision AR binoculars and learn about the night sky in real-time

When had an early preview of the Unistellar Envisions earlier this year, our editor-in-chief Tariq Malik said they felt like something out of Star Trek .

I have been very excited about getting my hands on these for a long time and I can't wait to use them to identify stars and constellations in the night sky.

You can preorder the Unistellar Envision AR smart binoculars right now, available for $1499 exclusively from Unistellar.

Unistellar announced that pre-orders were opening for the highly-anticipated Envisions at this year's IFA 2026 conference in Berlin and have delivered more details on the type of functionality customers can expect.

The 10x50 smart binoculars can be used with or without the augmented reality overlay that is able to recognise constellations, planets and deep-sky objects in real time, with more functionality expected to be released within the coming months.

Pre-order now for guaranteed delivery before Christmas.

The Envisions are the highly anticipated augmented reality (AR) smart binoculars from Unistellar, with night sky object recognition from a database of over 1,000 astronomical targets, shareable target lock and guided navigation mode.

Functionality to identify natural landmarks, paths and shelters is expected in the coming months. $1,499 / £1,299 / €1,499 We've got you covered with reviews and rankings of the best telescopes , binoculars , star projectors , cameras , drones , Lego , streaming and more.

Our editor-in-chief Tariq Malik was very impressed with them during a demo and thought they felt like something from Star Trek.

Tariq Malik / Future Controls on the right hand side of the model allow you to activate the AR overlay or just use them as regular 10x50 binoculars.

Tariq Malik / Future At 10x magnification and with 50mm objective lenses, these smart binoculars also hit the key specs for stargazing binoculars even without the augmented reality (AR) overlay.

Tariq Malik / Future Guided navigation mode when paired with the Unistellar app helps guide you toward specific night sky objects that you want to observe.

Tariq Malik / Future On top of night sky object identification, functionality for identifying geographical features is expected to be released soon.

Tariq Malik / Future The red augmented reality (AR) overlay displays the name of your chosen target and helps you identify new parts of the natural world.