Japan's Secret HUD Motorcycle Helmet - Shoei Opticson Review 

I regret the presence of that line - coffee out of the nose wasn't fun!

Ducatis barely even explode anymore, they lost some of the je ne sais quois they had when they were actively trying to kill you. Still love them.

That was too funny. 😂😂😂

I seriously started to laugh out loud at that too -- can't watch these while others sleep

I have 0 interest in motorcycles and I watch every video from this channel.

I do not reside in Canada and have moved outside of N. America, but these videos are informative and entertaining.

These series should be on TV - just saying.

Been torn between that or the top scorpion that got high marks a couple years ago. my rf-sr from shoei a bit long in the tooth after 5 years/25/k miles. or maybe just be visor and pads

It'll be fixed, have some faith

I never understood the point of self-driving cars, like if you don't want to drive a car why not use public transportation instead? Save you money on fuel, car insurance, and repairs :D

@@SpeedyJuiceMan Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there who spit in the face of public transit, claiming it's not reliable, slow, for poor people, doesn't go door to door, can't pick up groceries, and doesn't go where I want, while also going on the offensive claiming it's against their freedom to use transit rather than their cars

Autonomous hands free is redundant.

@@coastaku1954Nope.

ED! I'm starstruck. Let's set something up eh? ~RF9

Awesome!!!

Watch as we see history in the making. Just keep the entire discussion to the comments section of this video.

@@FortNine Oh dear, oh dear! That will end in tea… …That will be epic! 😁

I like where this is headed

Good point, although I don't think this HUD appeared to clutter the information. Very basic. Actually I don't he covered in detail what information it can actually display, is navigation from Google Maps or an app that Shoei developed? Is the speed from GPS or from the motorcycle via bluetooth?

That training has nothing to do with what the HUD does, other than learning symbology. It wouldn't change the issues you're citing. Even a jet HUD or HMD doesn't obstruct much, and these will always be far simpler.

And it's such a perfect sponsor for these videos - the actual cameras they use, getting footage probably not possible any other way, naturally demonstrating their capabilities. They'd be using these cameras even without sponsorship, my guess is they did so then reached out to the manufacturer suggesting sponsorships as the videos were already excellent demonstrations of their capability. Plus I feel like FortNine wouldn't endorse products they don't believe in, these they certainly do.

But how does he know ? Alberta doesn't have front license plates

Ouch! (in Albertan)

@@matthewetmoi8436 I guess the assumption is Albertan drivers may be the second most common on BC roads, so if a car is lacking a front plate (and thus not from BC, Manitoba, Ont, NFL) it is likely to be Albertan?

Anybody can be a bad driver, it takes an Albertan to add the a**hole to the mix.

So being an Albertan I was at first feeling a little offended; then I realised that, actually living here (and surrounded by other Albertans), he's not all that far off the mark...

I can’t help but feel like you’d loose an eye in a wreck with that thing. Just scoop it right out lol.

Given the explosive history of lithium batteries, ill take an external i can quickly throw out of my pocket over something helmet mounted. Maybe the solid state batteries Toyota has developed can fix this issue.

Mainstream? Some 20 to 30 years

The Navdy for cars had a similar issue, the first hardware component to fail was the lens, and following the vendor's bankruptcy it's basically impossible to get replacements short of buying an entire unit from those who still have one.

@@marxula555 I want you to think about the sheer number of lithium batteries you encounter on a daily basis. If they were exploding left and right, everyone in a developed country would have scars. That's a ridiculous thing to worry about.

Yup. Especially if it‘s integrated in the helmet like on one of Shoei‘s models…

5 year lifespan is so you spend more money, it's fake. All depends how you store your helmet, keep it out of sunlight in a cool dark room when not in use, it will last 10 years or more depending on use.

@@roadwarrior8560 you can use it, but if it's thermoplast, that stuff degrades over time and won't protect you as much. On fiberglass and carbon shells it's more about the upholstery than the shell itself. So yeah, you do have a point. In today's day and age everything is made to be replaced to create more waste and for us to spend more money.

​@@roadwarrior8560😂 😂😂

@@roadwarrior8560 say you dont know how anything works without saying it

The helmet brake light is a brilliant idea - problem is you either have to have a wire flapping about and plug/unplug, or wireless links and batteries to charge, nothing I felt was suitable on my budget and use case. Will probably soon get a tail-bag I can mount higher lights on, I've also thought a sort of whip antenna, maybe 12-18" long with a light on top would help. My bike, a mini-cruiser of sorts, has a really low-mounted tail light that I figure is way below the line of sight of all these SUVs and pickups everyone drives these days.

As a rider who wears prescription glasses so I can see the road/traffic, I can't see how I could wear 2 pairs so I'm guessing this tech will be out of my reach forever.

Me to; in fact the limiting speed of my bike is limited to wind buffeting shaking my glasses.@@noid919

​@@noid919just like high end sunglasses, I'm sure you'll be able to buy a pair with prescription lenses

@@noid919 Theres a start up that's working prescription lenses into their work, so no actually

Image stabilization is a thing. Even auto focus could be implemented. The concepts have already been proven and the market already has them in their products. I think the issue just needs time to iron out the faults to an affordable level. That being all the math necessary for manufacturing. A high grade, one-off, prototype is easy. Fit for production is not.

so frickin cool

Aircraft HUD s are pretty neat. I hope they can make them left eye dominant as well. Or center them.

@@robertgoerss a projector that displays text and symbols onto an embedded filament in the visor and "mode" rgb led lights in the corners to provide subconcious warnings when identifying text or symbols takes too long to be efficient and this makes sense... green white yellow orange and red have all kinds of meanings but flashing red could mean collision risk and solid red being stop engine... pair the lights with sounds like beeps and flat tones and then you have added all the idiot features a modern semi dash has to a motorcycle.

@@scottdpugnificent you are describing something too complicated. If you are a rider, how often do you rely upon a tach to shift, vs not, ditto the speedometer , but for staying legal? For some of us, we began riding horses and later took up motorcycles, and the idea of keeping those overlapping similar experiences throughout our lives is very important. That doesn't preclude 750 sport bikes or 600's which Rev to the moon, I love speed, and so yes a tach and other things are important, but the more there is the more there is to fail. And around the world motorbikes are first about practically, and second about what many NA 's focus on, ie. the riding experience, features, gadgetry and so forth. When I ride deep down inside I hope to capture the magic of feeling as though I am galloping across a field on Midnight, a stallion, riding bareback, and we are accelerating up a field like he'll to a treeline more than a third of a mile distant. That's a luxury lived

@@eaglestryker1338 your ideas and basis for sound more sound than what is in the video, and certainly less dangerous to the eye(s). You know in some cars and aircraft there are some very good HUD s, and I wonder over time if they could be developed for bikes so that the info displayed is in effect simply out in front of the riders vision regardless where they are looking, without really using the helmet for support. There's a real move away from the helmet for audio/video which is important. The heavy helmet attached cameras have many draw backs, not least if which relates to interference in crashes but also usability by riders. People like myself, who have suffered broken necks and backs have to have intense protection well thought out, but also have to account for things like weight, airflow and so forth. Thanks for writing.

Dont forget the funnies!!!

I think the biggest issue with this would be keeping the windshield clean enough. That's easy in a car, since it's mostly self-contained in the cockpit... but motorcycles spend the whole ride exposed to dust, moisture, and grime.

the windshield still ain't in your normal line of sight if you aren't on a cruiser or a touriong bike with a super tall windscreen

​@@anonym3017I *think* they meant the helmet's clear lens; but that's still not optimal.

@@squidlybytes but it does make more sense to use a integral part of the helmet than a separate piece of plastic only for projecting the image on.

Just have the lasers scan the image onto your retina. High Efficiency 100%!

A younger version of Dennis Miller.

sure you did

@@dustyoldhat What reason do I have to lie!? The guy was an engineer at Lockheed Martin. He probably knew a thing or two...

was he also a green beret and he invested in apple stock in 1985? what else about this amazing miracle worker? @@kjaubrey4816

Cool! I have a 919 as well, could use more wind protection! also HUD stuff is pretty basic in cars, LCD display reflected on piece of plastic, they had them in cars in the 80's that worked fine, should be easy enough to do with helmet, useful in 919, well I"m going 40kph and I"ll just twist the throttle lightly at 4000rpm and 2 seconds later I'm going 120kph, weeeeeee!

​​@@dustyoldhatJust because you lack the skills to make something, doesn't mean someone else doesn't.

he, is just the face. Theres a lot of budget behind this channel

I love the weight reduction that came along with carbon fiber helmets.

I can't believe they took a phenomenal idea and didn't put it into production.

hey, i live in nc and i might be the only harley owner who doesnt break the speed limit. of course then again i'm a transplant; a born and bred yankee... i like the weather better than ct but the rednecks!!! yikes

Or in a more basic case, image stabilization so it doesn't buffet all around and be hard to see. This is presumably a work in progress with a lot of shortcomings to address, hence the very limited sales. That's probably why they don't want many to use or even know about them yet (much less a video like this being made), they know it's not very good yet and don't want people to write off the concept based on what they have now. I think a lot of other things have fallen into that trap, new concepts rushed to market too quickly while they pretty much sucked, everyone realized they sucked, and weren't interested when better, more refined versions came along. This is presumably what they were trying to avoid ... until that meddling Ryan foiled them!

Prescription lenses shouldn't be expensive, they just are.

Bicyclists have been doing this for a while with small helmet-mounted mirrors. Not super popular, I don't know how well they really work. I bought one but never used it on a bicycle, I tried mounting it on a hat and using it while swing dancing so I don't back into other people, it didn't work at all for that - no depth perception and far too narrow a field of view (my friends thought it was hilarious though, an attempt to solve a problem we all have). Probably works somewhat better for its intended purpose, but would be much better if it were convex to provide a better field of view.

Oh, geepers, I didn't think of that! My astigmatism would make it all blurry on that side.

yes, motorcycle riders allready have more than enough to concentrate on in order to stay alive, without another unnecessary distraction.

​@@marksmallman4572 Like everything on the dash you have to look down to see? Now there are times it may be better to ignore those things, but clearly the ideal is to move the necessary somewhere you don't have to look away from the road to see. It's literally a HEADS UP display! That said, clearly they're not there yet, but you don't get there by not trying...

I see a lot of comments about adding lights to the eyeport section of the helmet, like the Forcite helmet, but when you are navigating and there are two or more exits to the side or a roundabout how do you know which one to take? If lights are going to simply alert you to turn left or right, I don't see how they can offer much more than vocal directions played via bluetooth on your helmet. Vocal directions also tell you at what distance and street name to turn at, which is helpful.

I do. I remember passing an accident scene where one car driver ran another car off the road. The lady that was still on the road, sitting in her car, was wearing Google Glass.

It works for passenger airplanes :)

For that matter, something that plays a clicking noise when the turn signal is on. I think that's one of the most common things for motorcyclists to forget, as unlike in a car there's no aural indication it's on, and on many bikes you can't see the indicator light unless you dip your head to look down at it. Have had many times I'm riding along, look down to check my speed, see the turn signal light, and think "Oops, how long as that been on?" Perhaps a system that has helmet-mounted turn signals and brake lights, and makes a subtle click sound to the rider each time the light turns on and off.

I own two, and i also dont ride

Or any wheeler. I'm sick of delivery riders not paying attention to their surroundings, both pedal and petrol powered. I see more near misses with them than anything else on the road.

@@carneekicount my vote for the ‘any wheeler’ version. Les in UK

I want an autonomous driving motorcycle so I can play video games while riding the superslab. I’ll let my self-driving bike text that self-driving Tesla, “Please don’t kill me today, tyvm.”

@@leslieaustin151 dont need autonomous driving. Tech already exists in the professional realm. Mandatory driver facing cameras! Hard break, swerve, speeding gets automatically sent for review. Now consequences span from classes, insurance hikes and even license suspension. Amateurs should have this mandated too

@@richvangorder3900 not sure why you’re ‘replying’ to me. I don’t want so-called “autonomous driving” on anything. People should look where they’re going and know what they’re doing, or surrender their licence and call a taxi. And all phones should be turned off when inside a car or on any vehicle. ANY vehicle. Les

It's not a flop if they're not even selling it. Watch the video

Doesn't need to be a black background, just make it slightly tinted

@@gbtygfvyg I suppose they could be really fancy and use a self tinting lense

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