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Why are there no commercially available helmets with HUD's? (self.technology)

submitted 8 months ago by Alpha71 to c/technology

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Although there are some in development. But would you be interested in something like this?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Tl:dr he has no real point.

He just lists two failed smart helmet startups, then talks about a successful smart helmet that doesn't use a full HUD but uses an LED light bar. The only actual point he makes is that it's hard to make a display that's visible in the sun.

It's also a motor cycle channel so he makes points like "why not use your mirrors or built in dash" which is not really applicable to cyclists, eskaters, EUC users, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Fair reasoning but I still think Ryan is in the right path.

He is right that shoving a holographic display and the computer bits in the helmet either makes it bulky, heavy, and useless or you'd be paying up the wazoo for what is an engineering exercise.

A simpler interface that solves current problems in my opinion would be much better than trying to make an Ironman helmet.