HUD (Heads Up Display) on your visor

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How many of you would buy one if this were possible? A few friends and I were playing with the idea (me being the only rider) but ended up being semi-serious on doing this. A rough sketch of cost ended up around $400 if we used bluetooth, a raspberry pi and OLEDs. What is confusing the **** out of me, however, is how dash boards work and where the hell I'd place the raspberry pi.

And no, I'm not talking about this:
http://www.gizmag.com/go/2430/

I'm talking full-retard Metroid hud with a GPS map or something lol
 
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Never. Stupid pointless gadgetry. It blocks your full vision and would be a constant distraction. I don't need to check my speed every 2 seconds thank you.
 
killerkeith said:
Never. Stupid pointless gadgetry. It blocks your full vision and would be a constant distraction. I don't need to check my speed every 2 seconds thank you.
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I have to agree.
IIRC, there was a member here that made one and it actually worked.
 
Its a nice idea but I don't think it would be worth the investment. It would cost too much for something that will be in your way while you can just get an attachment on your bike. In reality, you won't really need to see your GPS, Time, or speed ALL the time while if you want to, you can just look down at your bike accessories (gps w/ mount, watch, speedo/tach).

Even if there were some kind of on/off switch, whats wrong with looking down at your gps for 2 secs?
 
PLau said:
Its a nice idea but I don't think it would be worth the investment. It would cost too much for something that will be in your way while you can just get an attachment on your bike. In reality, you won't really need to see your GPS, Time, or speed ALL the time while if you want to, you can just look down at your bike accessories (gps w/ mount, watch, speedo/tach).

Even if there were some kind of on/off switch, whats wrong with looking down at your gps for 2 secs?
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Absolutely nothing wrong with the traditional way. Just a geeky idea from a bunch of guys in computer studies lol I'm likely still going to make it next summer though just to say I did it and have something more to put on my resume.
 
油井緋色;1919966 said:
Absolutely nothing wrong with the traditional way. Just a geeky idea from a bunch of guys in computer studies lol I'm likely still going to make it next summer though just to say I did it and have something more to put on my resume.
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Its always good to try to "invent" new things especially something that you can put to use. I was just saying from a business standpoint, it probably won't be a good idea.
 
Google glasses are coming next year... just saying

They already had HUD ski/snowboard goggles so i dont see how this would be impossible. I say a voice commanded activation with simple commands like
Display speed, Give directions to location (preset location set in your iphone/android) etc...

Look at where that kinda tech is going though:
http://www.androidauthority.com/darpa-soldiers-android-predator-vision-129555/
 
Would be nice if it would pop up your lap time for a couple seconds as you go past start/finish line at the track. Maybe even how far ahead or behind the next rider you are too. Would save people having to hold boards up at the straight wall.
 
DownUnder said:
Would be nice if it would pop up your lap time for a couple seconds as you go past start/finish line at the track. Maybe even how far ahead or behind the next rider you are too. Would save people having to hold boards up at the straight wall.
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I don't have much knowledge with regards to how lap timings are usually done (I know there are lap timers for cars on ebay and they're expensive, no idea how they work). I'll start doing major research on when I have free time and post my findings here so others can verify.
 
may be a blind spot detector. A small flashing led inside the helmet to the right and left. If there is something in your blind spot, it will flash or turn solid. Just sayin'!!!
OR a lean angle detector. The more you lean the more it will flash.
I wish they could come with something that will detect if you are target fixing while making a turn.
 
I've been thinking along similar lines and also utilizing the raspberry pi which has just been sitting on my shelf. The trickiest piece to work out is the display. Your eye can't properly focus on an image that close to your face so the focal point has to be pushed out.

Traditional HUDs in fighter jets reflect a reversed image off of a transparent screen. Such a method would be useful here because it creates a virtual image that appears to float beyond the screen. This distance is proportional to the distance between the projector lens and the screen. In a helmet application you'd need to work out a number of factors, such as:

- Find a tiny, ultra short throw projector to fit into the helmet (probably doable nowadays) that is bright enough to be seen in ambient light.
- Obtain projection friendly screen material to either replace or augment the faceshield. This is important to get an image with minimal distortion and ghosting. For example, some cars have a special film on a section of the windshield to reflect a HUD image because the regular glass windshield actually reflects two slightly offset images.
- A control method for the UI (I have an idea for this)

The other kind that you might've seen in ski goggles actually puts a tiny lcd in front of your eyes but I believe uses a lens to bring the image into focus. Not quite as cool and has limited screen real estate.

For the record, I'd definitely buy one for the geek factor and convenience.
 
As far what the OP is suggesting, I'd say no, that's a bad idea. Having that much information in your eye would be distracting and potentially obstructive. However, I like the restrained concepts out there, e.g. what you see on the Corvette, M5, or even the Sportvue concept he linked. Having speed, a GPS turning arrow and maybe one or two other things, I could go for that.
 
TwistedKestrel said:
As far what the OP is suggesting, I'd say no, that's a bad idea. Having that much information in your eye would be distracting and potentially obstructive. However, I like the restrained concepts out there, e.g. what you see on the Corvette, M5, or even the Sportvue concept he linked. Having speed, a GPS turning arrow and maybe one or two other things, I could go for that.
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+1
Something like that on a touring bike with a more vertical windshield would be sweet. (ie: have it on the windshield instead of the helmet visor)
 
AF4iK said:
I've been thinking along similar lines and also utilizing the raspberry pi which has just been sitting on my shelf. The trickiest piece to work out is the display. Your eye can't properly focus on an image that close to your face so the focal point has to be pushed out.

Traditional HUDs in fighter jets reflect a reversed image off of a transparent screen. Such a method would be useful here because it creates a virtual image that appears to float beyond the screen. This distance is proportional to the distance between the projector lens and the screen. In a helmet application you'd need to work out a number of factors, such as:

- Find a tiny, ultra short throw projector to fit into the helmet (probably doable nowadays) that is bright enough to be seen in ambient light.
- Obtain projection friendly screen material to either replace or augment the faceshield. This is important to get an image with minimal distortion and ghosting. For example, some cars have a special film on a section of the windshield to reflect a HUD image because the regular glass windshield actually reflects two slightly offset images.
- A control method for the UI (I have an idea for this)

The other kind that you might've seen in ski goggles actually puts a tiny lcd in front of your eyes but I believe uses a lens to bring the image into focus. Not quite as cool and has limited screen real estate.

For the record, I'd definitely buy one for the geek factor and convenience.
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Yeah the focus thing we realized when I brought up the idea today. It takes time to change focus and that time may actually kill you. I'm gonna have to look more into this to see if it really does only cost around $400 in materials. But again, likely not gonna start doing this till this summer due to work being up to my neck.

TwistedKestrel said:
As far what the OP is suggesting, I'd say no, that's a bad idea. Having that much information in your eye would be distracting and potentially obstructive. However, I like the restrained concepts out there, e.g. what you see on the Corvette, M5, or even the Sportvue concept he linked. Having speed, a GPS turning arrow and maybe one or two other things, I could go for that.
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Call me whack but I'm a bit skeptical with some people saying it's too much information.

Those of you who have played games such as Gran Turismo 5 (not like bumper cars) will know what I'm talking about. Perhaps I've just played too many video games but many FPS games, such as Modern Warfare and Halo, have the UI elements I spoke about. I've never been distracted by the UI elements...but it may be because Ive been playing those types of games for 19 years (first one being Wolfenstein 3D).

And @ the guy who had the lean angle idea. That actually isn't too hard to do. Use the same code that is used to auto recognize faces (99% there is an opensource one out there). Get a cheap camera or something that's mounted infront of you (probably under the windshield) to scan for the position of your face. Lot of crazy good ideas in this thread...just a question of who else wants to *headdesk* for hours to make these ideas reality.
 
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I'm farsighted, I couldn't see **** 5" away on a visor. So that's a no thanks for me.
 
mikbusa said:
I'm farsighted, I couldn't see **** 5" away on a visor. So that's a no thanks for me.
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fyi, I think there is a way to project straight to your iris but I'll have to do more research on that and if that would force you to refocus or not.
 
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