Heads Up Display or screen on a stick

[Demian B]

For those of us who monitor telemetry data, it seems that we need a means of viewing our wheel info without looking at our wrists or down at the wheel's display.  Is there a solution anyone's heard of that could project that info either inside our helmet or to a display held in front of the lens?

[alcatraz]

What about the audible info from euc world? I use a tiny single sided bluetooth earpiece.

[Cerbera]

Heads up displays (inside or outside the helmet) are in their infancy at the moment, so the province largely of backyard engineers with 3D printers and Raspberry Pi boards or pro-manufactured, with varying degrees of success, by a few companies, and all of those are horrifically expensive, and TBH just not very good so far. They are only just starting to get within the bounds of what I would call 'feasible'. The reason it is so difficult and expensive to get such systems inside the helmet is because they demand quite large components (still) and a lot of faffy wiring, which is there is rarely room for in cool looking slimline helmets, without compromising the structural integrity and safety aspects of the construction. It's a very tricky problem to solve I understand. 

Personally I want an external-to-helmet one that shows me google maps, and the feed from wide angle rear camera in my helmet, AND my data, though not necessarily all at the same time. I think it'll be 5 years+ before that level of tech becomes affordable for regular riders.

Here's a video I saw just the other day, which I really liked the results of (bit small though) and that seemed like quite a lot of hassle to get together, and didn't even have the rear camera which is what I want most !

 

[Demian B]

I love the audio readings on the EUC World app.  I just started testing it out with my Sherman S.  I've been using DarknessBot for so long, it's hard to trade one for the other.  At times it seems I can connect both apps from two phones at the same time.  That becomes a hassle.  That prototype HUD looked really good to me until I saw the more recent version.  It shows how bulky it is at this time.  I guess we're left to looking at our wrists for now.  Thanks for the video reference.  I'll watch his progression.

[mtl]

The are HUD glasses for cyclists starting to emerge and I think you can try making something with AR glasses that take an HDMI input connected to a Raspberry Pi composing whatever you want displayed (reverse camera, map, telemetry, etc.). It seems like a lot of work and would probably require wires and additional power sources running up to the glasses. The thought of it all, on top of regular gear, and the potential for it to be distracting made me think better of the idea but I imagine someone could pull it off.

[Demian B]

The HUD glasses seem like the easiest solution for speed and navigation but it sounds like too much diy for wheel data.  Maybe I'll give smart glasses a try.  Like you said mtl, eventually all the tech could distract from the bliss.