Russian firm gets Rs 1.8 crore grant to develop new helmet

Published December 31, 2014
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The new head-up display helmet will be voice controlled, which can project see-through GPS navigation directly onto the visor

Russian firm Livemap has been granted the equivalent of Rs 1.8 crore by the Russian Ministry of Science to fund its new head-up display helmet.

The Livemap team is working on creating the latest head-up display motorcycle helmet with voice control and GPS navigation directly in your field of vision. So, while you’re riding, you can see directions in your helmet display without having to look away from the road.

What Livemap offers, is a full-colour, translucent picture that is projected right on the visor like in a F-35 fighter helmet. The helmet is expected to be a little bigger than the usual size helmets, considering it also houses a microphone for voice control, two earphones, two 3000 mAh batteries for long operating time and even a light sensor for adjusting the image brightness according to external light conditions.

That’s not all, this hi-tech helmet will also have G-sensor, gyroscope and a digital compass for head movement tracking, so the picture changes according to the view direction. Livemap says the helmet will use their own minimalistic interface instead of a standard Android interface. The list of voice commands will be short, and all commands natural and understandable by context. And if the user faces problems formulating a suitable command, he or she just has to say “help” for the help option.

A working prototype is likely to be released by March or April 2015, followed by a production version going on sale in the US in mid-2015. The price tag – a cool $2000, about Rs 1.25 lakh! Livemap is offering a $500 discount (about Rs 30,000) to customers who pre-order now.

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