BMW HUD Prototype

[Selden]

Been waiting for this:

 

BMW shows motorcycle helmet head-up display...

[TestPilot]

If the HUD is integral to the helmet, you will have to replace the electronics every time you replace your helmet. As for the laser lights, Audi introduced a very similar system on their cars some time back. But those systems are not legal here in the States, and at the pace the Department of Transportation moves, I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[lkraus]

This sort of tech gets my attention. I really had high hopes for Google's Glass. There's a helmet prototype that gives you a rear view inside your helmet that looks neat. Then I remember that I need reading glasses or my bifocals to focus on anything close enough to touch. I doubt I'll ever be able to focus any display within my helmet. How about holograms projected in front of the windscreen?

[Mike]

The thing that immediately caught my eye is that the helmet appears to be ginormous. Maybe it's because they've used a petite model, but it may be all the technology that's crammed inside the shell. Personally, I'm more excited about the laser headlight technology that they're demonstrating.

 

[walton66]

That was my first thought as well.

[ltljohn]

I thought of Dark Helmet

[John]

I thought of Dark Helmet

Does that then mean that with one of these helmets you can ride at Ludicrous Speed?

[Guest Kakugo]

I thought of Dark Helmet

Does that then mean that with one of these helmets you can ride at Ludicrous Speed?

 

Buckle this! Ludicrous Speed, NOW!

 

Sorry, I could not resist it.

 

Maybe our present and former military members can chime in, but I seem to recall to use similar systems military personnel has to go through a phase of training and accustomization because using them is not as immediate as it seems due to, I think, the brain having to "reprogram" its depth perception.