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Why are there no commercially available helmets with HUD's? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 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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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (6 children)

It’s very dangerous to focus your vision four inches in front of your face while driving. It also takes a second to switch from distance vision to being focused so close, which undermines the whole “at a glance” value of a HUD. Race cars have instrument panels pushed as far away from the driver’s face as possible to make the focal length changes inside your eye easier and faster to switch between. A helmet HUD is the extreme opposite of that.

[–] je_skirata 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What if the helmet had a camera that projected it's view along with the hud? You might lose some depth perception but at least you could see the road while looking at the HUD.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Now you’re talking about mix reality VR. Like driving with an Apple Vision Pro on. The technology isn’t good enough for this yet. Maybe someday.

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