Helmet with integrated navigation system

Hi, Habr!

Recently, the first information about an interesting project.

What kind of project?

This is a helmet helmet with augmented reality technology.
He has no commercial analogues, no one in the world has done this and has not done this. And no one uses such helmets yet, except, perhaps, the American F-35 pilots and Russian helicopter pilots. But aviation helmets are big, heavy, very expensive and do not work outside the cockpit. And yet, of course, the mere mortal will never be allowed not only to get them, but even how to consider.

In my opinion, this could be a really cool thing. Bikers still use paper maps or ordinary navigators that are mounted on the steering wheel (very few people use them, this should be done with caution and best of all during a stop, otherwise there is a high probability of decomposition). How about you feel like the Iron Man? Priceless!
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What is special about it?

The most important thing is the image. No separate screens. They close the view and can fall if the driver is injured. A colored, translucent picture is projected directly onto the visor (protective glass), as in an F-35 helmet. When navigation is on, there is an image. Off - the visor is simply transparent. The image is brighter during the day and dimmer at night. The special form of the visor is the project's know-how, it is necessary for projection.
The most important thing in the image is that it is collimated. This means that the picture looks as if it is hanging in front of the eyes about five meters away, and is always in focus, wherever we look. All controls are completely voice-activated for safety and convenience.

What's inside?

The helmet will not be an accessory to the smartphone. It will be completely autonomous, with everything you need to navigate, and ready to go right out of the box.

• Android OS
• own minimalistic interface
• GPS
• compass
• accelerometer
• gyroscope
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• 3G
• LTE
• light sensor
• high resolution camera
• two 3000mah high capacity batteries

The power of iron is planned at the level of modern top-end smartphones, with a large margin for the future, for quick voice recognition, routing and smooth drawing of the interface.

What is ready?

Prototypes They can all be seen on video.

• A prototype of optics: now, through the efforts of engineers, it becomes smaller, lighter and better.
• The prototype of the board: the power of iron is comparable with top smartphones.
• Software prototype: in fact, this is almost not a prototype, it was tested in Moscow on a smartphone, regularly drives around the city, makes no mistake with the recognition of commands and generally listens.
• Prototype case: made in order to see how the helmet will look and to understand how best to place components inside. In order to compensate for the extra weight from optics and electronics, the outer capsule will be made of carbon, no polycarbonate. Therefore, the helmet will be slightly more than usual, but the weight will not exceed the average.

For visuals there is a wonderful video in which you can see and developers.

Other buns

Developers are considering adding the following features:

• bluetooth headset for talking on the phone
• playing music
• 13 megapixel camera

What is missing project?

To be honest, there is not enough finance to complete the project and start production.
The project opened a campaign on Indiegogo and collects donations. Developers will appreciate any help.

Why crowdfunding and where will the money go?

The project comes from Russia. In Russia, venture investors are not in a hurry to invest in new ideas, but they are financing clones of Western sites - Groupon, Airnb, Zappos, Yelp, Booking and others. They are not interested in the production of material things, only services and programs.

And this project, although original, technological and promising, is an “iron” start-up, and it is very difficult to find an investor for it. The state allocates small grants, and allocated such a "seed" grant. But this money is not infinite and spent on prototypes.

Therefore, money is collected through crowdfunding in order to use the funds raised to produce a serial sample.