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Why are there no commercially available helmets with HUD's? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by Alpha71@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Although there are some in development. But would you be interested in something like this?

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[–] DracolaAdil@kbin.social 50 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ahem...may I recommend Fortnine's video on smart helmet to shed light on why they aren't a thing.

https://youtu.be/IiACV0Ly4j4?si=Zrg1_5Uhdevy-Lna

Have fun

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 26 points 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.

[–] DracolaAdil@kbin.social 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.

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