French company EyeLights already makes head-up display units for cars and is now planning to move into motorcycles with a... Read More
Smart helmets are coming and they are getting smarter by the day with the latest calling emergency if you crash... Read More
As smart motorcycle helmets with head-up display (HUD) technology are starting to hit the market, Bosch has designed a HUD system that works with your normal sunglasses or prescription glasses. They believe it will be available in 2021. But just how safe is it? We recommend you to consider safety... Read More
Honda continues its blitzkrieg of patent applications with a head-display windscreen that is also touch sensitive. The patent illustrations show... Read More
After almost four years of development, British tech company BikeSystems is finally about to release their next gen BikeHUD head-up display... Read More
Argon Transform hi-tech helmet accessory transforms a standard helmet into an Iron Man helmet with head-up display, bluetooth, GPS and more. Singapore start-up Whyre claim their Argon Transform is the world’s first dual-camera Augmented Reality attachment for a motorcycle helmet. The $US795 ($A1140) unit doesn’t look too different to us from several others which... Read More
Australian motorcycle helmet startup Forcite has promised its ultralight and ultra-hi-tech smart helmet will hit the market in December. The... Read More
A Toronto rider has developed an affordable but ugly head-up display (HUD) for a motorcycle helmet that provides speed alerts... Read More
A British company has claimed it will unveil the smartest augmented-reality helmet yet in London in September 2019. Apart from the usual intercom with phone capabilities, it will also feature a GPS, music streaming, heads-up display, photochromic visor, LED brake light, crash warning system, a 360-degree camera and “A whole host... Read More
Australian motorcycle helmet startup Forcite has received a welcome funding boost that will ensure its ultralight and ultra-hi-tech smart helmet... Read More
Shoei is the first major motorcycle helmet manufacturer to join the growing smart helmet revolution with the announcement of their... Read More
Imagine a motorcycle jacket that vibrates when it senses you are about to have a collision or delivers that disco bass rumble in your gut when you play music in your helmet? The Origin “haptic” jacket will come as part of a package with a Zenith head-up display helmet (HUD)... Read More
Skully Fenix AR motorcycle helmets with built-in head-up display have finally hit the market. It’s a long way from traditionalists... Read More
The makers of the basic EyeCo head-up display unit that flashes coloured alert lights in a rider’s peripheral vision claim... Read More
There have been many smart helmets promised and some released with various levels of technology, but this Jarvish X-AR helmet promises to combine just about everything as well as voice control by Siri, Amazon Alexa and OK Google. We assume Alexa and Google will allow you to record your favourite... Read More
Cheaper, lighter and more compact head-up display (HUD) technology is coming to motorcycle helmets from a partnership of HUDWAY, DigiLens... Read More
Head-up display (HUD) in helmets has been delayed by controversy and expense, but now a cheaper HUD helmet is promised... Read More
The defunct Skully AR-1 head-up display helmet will be replaced by an updated Fenix AR helmet in the middle of 2018. Skully Inc infamously crashed in July 2016 after the founders blew their $US2.4m crowd funding on fast cars and fast women. The new company, Skully Technologies, run by brothers Ivan and... Read More
Skully — the world’s first commercially available HUD helmet — may return after it crashed in July 2016 when the... Read More
A New Zealand company is joining the head-up display revolution with a small and light retrofit unit for riders so... Read More
Riders can now more easily see what’s behind them with the Zona M100 – a system that features a head-up display screen in their helmet and a rearview camera mounted on the back of their bike. The M100 system comes from UK start-up Zona and our British reviewers installed two units... Read More
A new helmet rearview camera system is safer than conventional mirrors, according to four-time World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty. In... Read More
KTM appears to be joining BMW in pushing head-up display (HUD) helmet technology that integrates with their bikes and other... Read More
Polish company Seemore plans to introduce head-up display (HUD) helmets in the wake of the controversial collapse of Skully Helmets in the USA. Rather than making the helmets, Seemore founder Gzegorz (Greg) Palmer tells us he is negotiating with three major European helmet manufacturers to include their HUD device. “We... Read More
Head-up display for riders has not died with the closure of American HUD helmet company Skully as fellow Americans FUSAR... Read More
Head-up display was promised as the next big thing in motorcycle helmet technology, but now Skully Helmets has collapsed amid a misappropriations scandal while other... Read More
A Russian prototype helmet with head-up display is claimed to have “true HUD” while the Skully and coming BMW helmets and aftermarket devices from Nuviz and BikeHUD are basically like Google Glass with small inset screens. The Livemap helmet is still only in its second prototype stage, but company CEO Andrew Artishchev... Read More
Samsung has made a “smart” motorcycle windshield that will display texts, emails, maps and tell you who is calling. Some... Read More
Smart helmets of the future may not only have integrated Bluetooth, GPS, communication, head-up display and noise-cancelling technology but also... Read More
https://youtu.be/ZdcWd594lRw The changing helmet laws in Australia have caused a delay in the delivery of the Skully AR-1 head-up display (HUD) helmet. The Californian makers of the world’s first commercially available motorcycle helmet with HUD say they have received more than 100 orders from Australia. While they originally said they would apply... Read More
Thanks to Australian readers of Motorbike Writer, the UK-based Bikesystems BikeHUD ADVENTURE Gen2 head-up display unit for motorcycle helmets now has a... Read More
The head-up display revolution is coming with the Skully helmet and aftermarket accessories and now BMW has joined the trend.... Read More
Riders who adopt hi-tech safety technologies such as head-up display may face harassment from over-jealous police who issue fines for wearing them, warns long-time motorcycle campaigner and Emeritus Professor of Transport Marcus Wigan. He says the approval in most states and territories of UNECE 22.05 helmets is a welcome move,... Read More
The world’s first commercial available motorcycle helmet with an integrated head-up display (HUD), the Skully AR-1, is shipping to customers,... Read More
How would you like to win a Bikesystems BikeHUD ADVENTURE Gen2 head-up display unit for your helmet and be one of... Read More
Hi-tech Iron Man style head-up display motorcycle helmets and aftermarket HUD units will be the next big thing in coming years. But some riders are not convinced about the technology. Some claim it could be distracting, others say it takes away the simplistic Zen mystique of riding and some fear it may... Read More
The world’s only commercial available head up display (HUD) unit for motorcycle helmets is about to launch its second “slimline” generation... Read More
https://youtu.be/ViUPv5EwHFY The world’s first commercially available motorcycle helmet with head-up display, the Skully AR-1, is increasing production to meet worldwide... Read More
The coming tide of hi-tech motorcycle helmets featuring a head-up display (HUD) of information such as directions and speed may not be the safety device they claim. HUD has been used for some time now in many luxury cars and is considered safer because the information is displayed on a... Read More
Riders could soon look like Iron Man with a HUD (heads-up display) helmet that screens vital information such as speed on... Read More
The now-defunct Skully head-up-display helmet has been surpassed by the even higher-tech Nand Logic Smart Helmet. Although this helmet is not... Read More
The world’s first commercially available HUD helmet (head-up display) will use one of the latest navigation systems that even lets you navigate in remote areas without a phone signal or internet access. The Skully AR-1 will use Telenav’s Scout SDK software for its integrated real-time, turn-by-turn navigation which will be displayed on... Read More
The end is in sight for motorcycle instruments with a new wave of technology taking over. Motorcycle instruments have been... Read More
The world’s first commercially available motorcycle helmet with head-up display is increasing production to meet worldwide demand, including Australia. The... Read More
How would you like your helmet to tell you how fast you’re going, where you are going and what your bike is up to while giving you eyes in the back of your head? That’s just some of the capabilities in the new head-up display accessory from British company, Bikesystems. In... Read More
https://youtu.be/ZdcWd594lRw The world’s first commercially available motorcycle helmet with head-up display may be coming to Australia. The Californian makers of... Read More
An “Iron Man” style motorcycle helmet with head-up display, video rearview and GPS built in has been launched (August 11). But... Read More
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7AYfq9uIY8 The next wave of motorcycle technology won’t have anything to do with your bike – it will all be in your head as motorcycle helmets become the new frontier for technology, dominated by Head-Up Display (HUD). British motorcycle helmet company Reevu – the first with a rearvision mirror –... Read More
An “Iron Man” motorcycle helmet with information displays on the visor is no longer the stuff of Hollywood sci-fi movies.... Read More