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General => Roadcraft => Topic started by: ScooterWolf on August 13, 2015, 01:10:52 AM

Title: Motorcycle helmet HUD -- interesting technology
Post by: ScooterWolf on August 13, 2015, 01:10:52 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfjX-KEWmA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfjX-KEWmA)

From this article,

http://rideapart.com/articles/interview-livemap-hud-motorcycle-helmet (http://rideapart.com/articles/interview-livemap-hud-motorcycle-helmet)

Thoughts, anyone?

-Wolf

Title: Re: Motorcycle helmet HUD -- interesting technology
Post by: mnpugdog on August 15, 2015, 08:28:45 PM

Really cool but $1500??? :o

Title: Re: Motorcycle helmet HUD -- interesting technology
Post by: ScooterWolf on August 16, 2015, 03:44:36 AM

I agree. They may be pricing themselves out of business. Rather than projecting an image through the helmet, couldn't they use an endoscope like device?

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/endoscopes.html (http://www.explainthatstuff.com/endoscopes.html)

-Wolf

Title: Re: Motorcycle helmet HUD -- interesting technology
Post by: bluesin on August 16, 2015, 12:55:06 PM

Quote from: ScooterWolf on August 16, 2015, 03:44:36 AM

I agree. They may be pricing themselves out of business. Rather than projecting an image through the helmet, couldn't they use an endoscope like device?

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/endoscopes.html (http://www.explainthatstuff.com/endoscopes.html)

-Wolf

Do you know where that scope has been ?     :o :o

Title: Re: Motorcycle helmet HUD -- interesting technology
Post by: GLV55 on August 16, 2015, 03:16:34 PM

Pricey right now, but it may be approachable in the near future. Remember when hand-held calculators were about $300? Or this could be the Beta format of the helmet industry, who knows. (Really dating myself here, aren't I?) Of course, I can see this type of technology becoming standard in the auto industry before it comes to the 2-wheel segment. Interesting concept, though.

Title: Re: Motorcycle helmet HUD -- interesting technology
Post by: ScooterWolf on August 16, 2015, 05:54:38 PM

Good point GLV55. When E.T. first came out on VHS video it cost over $100 to own (not rent). With luck (and sales) their prices will go down, or a break through in the tech will lower the price.

-Wolf