Introduced at CES this week.
Thoughts?
It would be nice to have something which could show you GPS feedback, RPMs, and MPH all while not taking your eyes off the road.
I don't need to receive texts or phone calls when I'm on a bike. As long as I can shut that feature off, that'll work. I ride to get away from texts and calls.
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THe helmet looks cool, depending on how heavy it is, how well it flows air, and of most importance Does one have to sell a kidney to afford it.
Looks like a Shuberth, but I could be wrong ( )
Interesting. Weight, cost, reliability and compromises would be major factors. Not sure if the display would be too distracting if it was on all the time. How about at night?
Night setting would be needed. Also batteries? What kind of weight does that add? Is screen projected or imbedded in visor? Major cost difference for visor replacement.
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Now if only someone like Sena could develop one to mount in any lid. Maybe some sort of reflective pinlock for the projection would be cool.
Much, much, too much going on there! Too much involvement is needed to make things happen, and that's going to distract from the primary task: riding safely. BMW's cars are miserable on this point - at least in the 3 and 5 series loaners I've driven. Ditto for a rental Ford Fusion I just drove and (I forget what) rented in Germany recently. All of them have screens that demand too much attention for even simple tasks.
TV rear view in place of mirrors? It's bad enough with back-up cameras that stay on too long after starting to go forward.
A five hour battery pack? Are you insane? A BMW rider on the road for under five hours per day? Puh-leeze!
A flip out monocle is common in attack helicopters, for example. But read about the training to use the monocle display. The pilot has to learn to move each eye independently (watch the monocle while looking outside of the aircraft for targets, threats, friendly a/c) and process everything. Lots of otherwise good pilots are washed out because they can't spin their eyes like Mad-eye Moody (Harry Potter). How many riders will learn this skill?
This is a solution looking for a problem.
Speaking of Sena, their 20S works well enough but using its functions (FM radio, some voice activity, exterior mic) can be distracting. While the constant presentation of data in a HUD isn't there, the "switchology" can be distracting. Distraction's bad enough in a car, but on a bike? Not so good...
Introduced at CES this week.
http://youtu.be/Vkhp8Z1IloQ
Thoughts?
Nice bro-mance... Or is John Mahoney secretly PO'ed that the other two were rollin' before telling him where they were. Can't be good... no, no, no... can't be good. [/LOL]
Well with the sena I was thinking that they do a good job with their communicators. There might be too much going on with the HUD but still the simple arrows for direction are nice compared to a map. Add in something to show speed and you're good to go.