Augmented reality helmet

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"I was in early morning traffic when an inattentive driver hit me from behind and I was thrown from my motorcycle." Ryan Shearman, founder and CEO of Fusar Technologies, tells me at Augmented World Expo 2014. It's the kind of thing that could happen to any motorcyclist -- and indeed, happens too often -- but it also served as a spark of inspiration. "It started the wheels turning in my head: how can I make motorcycle riding safer?" His answer was tobuild a better helmet.
Shearman calls his smart helmet the Gaurdian; it's a DOT approved brain bucket with an Android board, two wide-angle cameras and bits and pieces from an Epson Moverio. "What it is, is a fully integrated and connected device that motorcyclists can wear that allows them to have a full cognitive awareness of what's going on around them." The Epson optics provide the rider with a detailed heads-up display, filling their view with data from the rear view camera, their current speed and navigation information.
"It also has video recording capabilities," he told me. "Everything is recorded passively, but in the event that an accident is detected, that footage is locked into hard memory. It effectively has a black box feature built in." It sounds like a great feature, but Shearman obviously wants it to be used as infrequently as possible. The helmet's software package is being designed to monitor the cameras for potential hazards -- if all goes well, the final product will be able to alert the driver of a dangerous situation before it becomes an accident. He also plans to add voice control to future prototypes.
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The models Shearman brought to AWE were pretty beat up, but with good reason: the entrepreneur has been riding up and down California's Pacific Coast Highway all week, shooting footage for his company's upcoming Kickstarter video. The company plans to launch its crowdfunding imitative by mid July, and wants to have the Guardian on the market in about a year. Hungry for a safer helmet? Check out the firm's website at the source link below.


Link to article: http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/30/augmented-reality-motorcycle-helmet/
 
and its yours for the low price of 1500. I assume that would be super expensive.... very good, and very cool idea. I hop it catches on.
 
A high tech, over complex, distraction-prone alternative to much simpler solutions already on the market.
This is system is inexpensive, requires no power, no camera, no computer, and works.

http://www.reevu.com/

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Thats sweet! but its not out yet? You get directed to a presales email....... 300 bucks.... not bad i guess.
 
kcalB said:
Thats sweet! but its not out yet? You get directed to a presales email....... 300 bucks.... not bad i guess.
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Its going to go up on kickstarter, hopefully it will get funded and they will actually make it.
 
There's a lot of bad ideas on Crapstarter, and they typically involve putting computer peripherals on things.

For road hazards, you can use Waze on any smart phone and an earbud to warn you about upcoming hazards, radar, etc. in real time.

I give this a 1% chance of coming to market, for many reasons, the least of which is this is 100% in the line of site, and is likely already illegal in Ontario. the second question is where are they going to get the nav/hazard data from?

If you must have this type of thing, Google Glass will come to market much faster, but again, will not be legal while driving.
 
AGMZ said:
Doesnt the Skully helmet do this? And i believe they're further along.
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Skully still isn't for sale. And yes, it does the exact same thing, but many Kickstarter projects rely on ignorance, and many of them get killed by patent violations.
People think that because they though something up, they were the first.
 
I certainly would not fund this, nor would I get a Reevu helmet, which I tried at a Whitby store (*wink) and was very disappointed by the mirror "technology" they use in this helmet. The more technology you put in someone's hands, the more stupid and dependant they become.
 
My bike CAME with similar technology... they are called rear view MIRRORS..lmao I find them rather useful and unobtrusive...lol
 
HUD tech is already in cars. I see no reason why this wouldn't become available.

Too many damn pop-ups for my liking. Simple would be better.
 
Derek wants a SKULLY
 
These are all nice. Quite interesting. My concern is, with these will it be like how cars are coming with backup cameras, lane change assist, blind spot monitors etc. Will these helmets help raise a new generation of riders who don't know the skills or learn the mental sixth sense to ride properly.

I already feel the new driving generation is stupid and unable to do the simplest of tasks without all those electronic assisting devices cars come with.

Otherwise, i like the idea of these helmets, but do they really help that much?
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