Yet another HUD helmet I will not buy…(even though I really want a HUD helmet)

Heads up display (HUD) helmets have been the geek biker's dream for the past ten (20?) years. For me it was ever since I saw that Clint Eastwood Russian fighter jet movie: Firefox.Anyway. like the guy says on this drawn out video, the problem with using a GPS on a bike is that you have to look away from the road sometimes to use it. Why can't we just have a heads-up, see through map, or at least directions that pop up on the visor?  It would be nice to get displays from my Valentine One radar detector too.  We have the technology, so what's the problem?  I have no idea.  Other companies have tried to do this, but their units are too expensive, and too…well, not-useful, to catch on.  So here's a Russian startup that wants to take a crack at it, and although there's nothing I want more than an HUD motorcycle helmet, here are three reasons I'll never buy this one, along with some suggestions on how to do it right!

Three reasons I won't buy this HUD helmet:

**1. Why should I trust your stinking helmet?  **Are you a helmet manufacturer?  Do you really think you can make a better helmet than the AGV or Shoei that I wear?

2. The purpose of a helmet is to protect one's head in event of a crash.  By sticking unnecessary electronic units  inside the back of the helmet, you're going to have to make it bigger.

3. I have a better computer/nav system than you can make right in my iPhone or Galaxy.  I'd rather listen to the audio with earphones than pay extra for something second rate.

AND here are my suggestions:

**1. Make an HUD visor than can be fitted into ANY brand helmet.  **If I'm paying for a top of the line helmet, I'd be willing to spend a little extra to get your device for touring purposes.

2. Place as much of the electronics off the helmet as possible, so that all you have to do is run a wire to plug it in.  I don't need a lithium battery setting fire to my hair.

3. Make it compatible with smartphones, and allow app developers to make their apps compatible with the heads up display.

4. Allow multiple inputs so that you can have more than one input device.

5. Keep the interface simple and standard so that other hardware manufacturers can piggy back their devices to it.  For instance, let me plug in a GPS, my smartphone, and a gear indicator or speedo, so I can switch between them.

Do that and keep the price comparable to the cost of a GoPro video camera, and I promise you I'll buy two.  Really!  Okay, maybe just one if my wife buys it for me for Christmas.  But then again, what does it matter what I think?  Tell me what you think.  _Would you buy a helmet with a heads up display?  If so, why, and what would it have to be like?  _Cheers!

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