[hackerspaces] DIY HUD

[Jerry Isdale]

Haptic shirts are definitely a possibility.  USDoD built some that used small vibrators and/or pins to give pilots an alternative sense. Also pin-array systems have been used for limited vision replacement.  Its been a long while since I dug into this tech. My last writeup on VR was in 2003. (http://vr.isdale.com/)  Most of the links are long 404.

Jerry Isdale
http://MauiMakers.com

On May 15, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Nils Hitze wrote:

> Thank you guys for giving me all these informations, will try to setup a
> page in my wiki with all the informations gathered plus plant the seed into
> peoples head at my next Dorkbot meeting.
> 
> Maybe i can find a good combination between the new ADK stuff Google
> just announced at I/O and the Rasberry Pi with the HDMI Output.
> 
> Basically all that is missing is a good Interface to your eye that
> isn't to heavy and
> integrates into your eyesight nicely.
> 
> Maybe more like the Shirt from Daemon (from Daniel Suarez) which is
> giving electric impulses to the body and can be controlled by simply
> touching certain parts of the body in a special order.
> 
> Nils
> 
> 2011/5/15 Alexandre Girard <hi at alexgirard.com>:
>> http://microship.com/resources/bike-human-interface.html
>> 
>> A HUD with 720x280 display in 1990 by Steven Roberts - look at his bike
>> description here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDaz8vaKzdQ - from Nomadic
>> Research Lab.
>> 
>> You should have a look at all his equipment (solar power, onboard computer,
>> keyboard on the handlebars...), it's really inspiring!
>> 
>> On 5/15/11 9:13 PM, Jerry Isdale wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not in quite a few years.  Back then it was HMDs and the target was
>>> virtual reality rather than augmented reality.
>>> Back then (early 90s) lots of people were strapping LCDs onto helmets with
>>> big ass lenses, etc.  Rarely would the contraption really be usable.
>>>  Displays have miniaturized quite a bit, along with massive increases in
>>> graphics processing. Some people have tried old style HMDs using some modern
>>> tools ... http://www.engadgeted.net/2009/12/02/diy-hud/
>>> Still rather unwieldily imho.
>>> 
>>> The smaller in-corner style HUD as in your example have been around for a
>>> good while, but havent made much headway.  Perhaps the weight balancing
>>> issue is still a limiting factor.  Some of these use a scanning system to
>>> paint the image similar to how old CRTs did it. As I recall a vertical array
>>> of leds was used with a rapid scanning mirror.  Another tech that seems to
>>> have disappeared was the Virtual Retinal Display
>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_retinal_display) that used scanning
>>> lasers to draw the image.
>>> 
>>> I havent seen anyone trying to make one of these small displays as a DIY
>>> project.
>>> 
>>> Jerry Isdale
>>> http://MauiMakers.com
>>> 
>>> On May 15, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Nils Hitze wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi there,
>>>> 
>>>> just wanted to ask if anyone of you ever tried to build a DIY HUD for
>>>> Glasses, not for the Car?
>>>> Like these industrial ones for Athletes:
>>>> http://spacecowb0y.livejournal.com/275376.html
>>>> 
>>>> Nils
>>>> 
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