Re: Heads up display for a motorcycle helmet

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From: ken
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1987 10:24

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In article <3610001@hpfcpp.HP.COM>, davep@hpfcpp.HP.COM ( Dave Post) writes:
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> re: HUDs for motorcycle helmets
> 
> Wouldn't it be just as distracting changing focus from about 4 cm. 
> (face shield ) to tens of meters ( road conditions ) as it would be to
> look down at your tank bag?

How is it that fighter pilots can both focus on a panel less than
a yard away, and still focus on planes hundreds of yards away?
There are many optical tricks you can use (like in the viewfinder
of a camera), but I'd really like to see if anything came of the
work in trying to integrate computer generated holographs with
a heads up display.

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Subject: Re: Heads up display for a motorcycle helmet
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