Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Skully AR-1 helmet - Android HUD

 My thoughts:

This solves so many problems that ordinary wearable devices will not take on due to context. A helmet justifies an integrated system of inclusive interfaces for hearing and seeing that headphones and glasses cannot resolve (or have not).


from slashdot.org

Skully Systems has achieved Indiegogo funding for a high-tech Android 4.4 based motorcycle helmet with a head-up display (HUD), GPS navigation, and a 180-degree rearview camera. The Skully AR-1 helmet launched on Indiegogo on Aug. 10 and quickly blasted past its $250,000 flexible funding goal and has already surpassed $900,000 in funding. The helmet runs a heavily modified version of Android 4.4, with both screen size and safety in mind, according to Skully's Tow. 'You should not think of it as being Android as seen in a phone; it doesn't run the same skin,' wrote Tow on the Skully forum page. 'You instead should think of it as a variant of Linux, not Android per se. What counts is the device drivers, graphics rende