A team over at one of Russia’s many
startups, Livemap, has developed a unique motorcycle helmet. In fact, it
is a one of a kind piece of kit that will assist all kinds of bikers.
The Livemap Smart Helmet will come equipped with voice control whilst at
the same time delivering GPS navigation directly inline with the
wearers field of vision. This coupled with some augmented reality will
make the Livemap Smart Helmet a great use of tech.
As you ride you will be able to see your
directions in your helmet’s display, without having to mess around with
another device, or even take your eyes away from the road ahead of you.
Way back in January of 2014, the Livemap
team demonstrated an preliminary version of their display, which at the
time proved to be transparent enough that it was able to display a map
without becoming too much of a distraction, thereby obscuring the road
ahead. Obviously this is the most important safety feature.
Throughout this year, most of the work
that was accomplished was to build the pre-production prototype of
Livemap’s optics. This will be made up entirely of aspheric lenses that
will enable the helmet to be “smaller and lighter and sometimes cheaper
than the multi-lens design.”
Live map is planning to roll out the prototype of the Livemap Smart Helmet in the spring of this year. The final
product is then set for shipping and sales in the US some time in the
summer. The US is not the only market that will see the Smart Helmet for
sale and other areas are going to be added throughout the year. The
pricing structure for the product has yet to be finalised. The initial
price is $2000, but we would hope for a more sensible price to match
this great use of tech.
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