Thesis Statment

Using a phone and accessing information on the slopes is a major inconvenience that skiers need to confront whenever they ski. SkiHUD is a heads-up-display that allows skiers to see information that would normally require significant effort to access, such as speed, location or temperature. In this way, SkiHUD grants a higher level of awareness on the slopes, and allows for easier movement around the mountain.

Precedent Research-



NUVIZ motorcycle heads up display

NUVIZ Motorcycle Heads Up Display is a perfect precedent to try to recreate as a ski accessory, as it creates non distracting HUD display that I want to use as inspiration. Its simplicity is something that I want to imitate in my final prototype.

Precedent Research-



Quest 2 VR Headset Passthrough

Meta's Quest 2 can be used as an AR substitute to a complete HUD display. Because of the Quest 2's passthrough capabilities, it works as a perfect vessel to test the same data that would be displayed on the SkiHUD.

Precedent Research-



Oakley Airwave 1.5 Augmented Display Snow Goggles

The Oakley Airwave 1.5 Augmented Display Snow Goggles is a precedent that gives me a great starting point to improve on. The user reviews give good insight about safety and important information to display.

OI Timeline

VR Prototype (1st Iteration)

New Materials (2nd iteration)

Transparent OLED Screen

Arduino Uno

BerryGPS

Moving Forward

Shrink size of display

Add backpack for Arduino/processing, mount BerryGPS to helmet

Make a true HUD, not a screen

Custom helmet?

Feedback

Is a helmet-based visor more effective compared to a goggle-based one?



How willing would you be to have your helmet connected to a backpack when you ski/ride?