Augmented reality motorcycle helmet now available to buy from Skully

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This long awaited AR wearable technology device can now be preordered by the first who will use it. Skully has now announced that it is taking preorders for its motorcycle helmet called the AR-1, which brings augmented reality into a heads up display so that the wearer will be able to take advantage of driving directions, speed data, incoming calls from a smartphone, and many other features. The information from these features is displayed in the helmet, appearing to be about 10 feet ahead. The types of alerts that are…

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Wearable tech award won by Skully at SXSW

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This “smart helmet” startup was the winner at the competition at this year’s South by Southwest Interactive festival. Skully has already been making technology news headlines with its augmented reality motorcycle helmets, but now they have been boosting their recognition after having been named the best wearable tech company at the SXSW festival. This smart helmet managed to win above 47 other competitors in the six award categories. Aside from wearable tech, the other categories were health, entertainment/content, social, enterprise/big data, and innovative world technologies. Each category was narrowed down…

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Augmented reality helmet designed by LiveMap for motorcycle riders

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The concept is somewhat similar to the glasses that are becoming popular, only in the form of headgear. While Google Glass has been one of the augmented reality products receiving the greatest amount of attention, this likely isn’t what is catching the attention of tech savvy motorcycle riders at the moment. A motorcycle helmet has now been developed to make useful digital images visible to riders. As the rider speeds down a highway wearing the augmented reality helmet, directions are superimposed over the real world right in front of his…

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