HUD

[Frizzlefry]

I know a lot of people have talked about "pimpin out" their helmet. But has anyone ever tried to put in a Heads Up Display that isn't just something painted onto the inside of the visor? Like an actual projected image?

Any idea's on how one might go about that? I plan on finding a way to put one in my helmet.

 

[Redsleighdown]

hmm, i remember TAWSCENARIOS talking about it somewhere but I can't find it. Neat idea, but very advanced.

 

[TaC 04]

you could try taking an LED and putting it under the top visor part that sitcks out, then try to cover it with a peice of paper that has the cut outs of the hud..
so the paper would block excess light and only shine the display hud...

im ganna try that when i make my hemlet! Good thought!

 

[LastSpartan]

and expensive ^^

But don't you think that if you have the projector so near your eyes, it will damage your eyes? I think it's juste useless.

 

[TaC 04]

well it isnt THAT expensive

i mean leds are like 3 bucks...and i wouldnt see how it could hurt your eyes cuz it would only shine the HUD

 

[LastSpartan]

Yeah but I do you make a HUD with LEDs...?

I was thinking more like a flatscreen inside the visor, and a camera outside the helmet. The projectors would display the view of the camera. And you just to have, I don't know how, display a HUD on the current camera view... :Steve:

I think I'm getting tired...

And you should be at 45 cm of your computer screen. In a helmet, you are at 5 cm or less. It will damage your eyes, especially if you are using LEDs.

 

[Frizzlefry]

If you had the light so that it showed on the visor but couldn't really be seen by your eye (except for what's seen on the visor) I can't see how it could do any damage. I'm thinking shine a light from inside like shown below:

PLEASE do not make fun of my crappy picture, I made it in paint in like 5 seconds. lol

 

[TaC 04]

well if you use a low amp LED

and also its outside the TINTED visor
diagram:

edit:
lol mine was in photoshop...maybe 5 mins

 

[LastSpartan]

lol nice pic

Yeah but the visor will reflect the lights

EDIT : Lol I don,t understand yours Tac...

 

[Frizzlefry]

If you show it from the inside it won't. And actually, having the outside reflect the light might be a good thing. It might just show straight on the visor and then deflect off to keep it simple.

 

[LastSpartan]

Ok maybe. But it's useless! ^^

You are the only one who will see it. And if you want to put such technologie in it ^^ you will have to rebuild all your helmet (Remove your visor, and some other parts...)

 

[Frizzlefry]

Haven't made my helmet yet.

And I think I'm capable of deciding what's useless to me or not. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

 

[spartan 1]

i had actually considered doing this, before i joined these forums. i was thinking a tiny webcam between the two "prongs" of the visor, a full computer in the backpack of the armor, and a lcd screen inside the helmet.

~CABOOSE

 

[LastSpartan]

Lol I never said It was trash ^^

But do what you want, and I want pics! ;-)

 

[TaC 04]

the only thing i can think of is that the paper thats cut out would have to be realy small...or you could try 2 leds and put them INSIDE the top visor and leav part of it clear and the hud images opaq*spell check, but then you would have to skew them so they would be even or if you didnt theyed turn out skewed:

 

[Frizzlefry]

What about this. What if you used mirrors as a screen type thing. For instance, rather than shining it directly on the visor, you have it just in front of the visor (on the inside) using the mirror as a screen. The mirror is slanted so that it shows the reflection of an image (or another mirror if there isn't enough room for components).

For example:

 

[LastSpartan]

You will have all your hair in blocking the light ^^

 

[TaC 04]

yeah...good thought tho...brings some imagination out

i actualy had a lazer tag set with sun glasses that had an arm extending from it with a mirror on the end. at the other end of the arm was a very small led, with a plastic cover over it to make a 'hit symbol', 'firing symbol', and a 'shield symbol'

would if you tried this:

 

[need4destruction]

well i dont know HOW to GET them but the army uses so COOOOOOOL looking stuff there likr one sieded shades but there reflective for the projection but clear for you vison ( look @ ghostrecon) :dee:

 

[sycospartan]

i have seen a pair of glasses that have an lcd screen built into the lense and works off of an external input. exactly the same as in 1 of arnys movies. you could hack 1 up but i think there xpensive. also you can get 2.5cm lcd screens. that take external input aswell

the 1 i seen sat up above the left eye and just looked like normal sunglases

heres another http://portables.about.com/b/a/091053.htm