On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:16:21 AM UTC-4, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:23:38 AM UTC-4, wrote:

Wrong platform. It will be these. http://www.reconinstruments.com/



On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:39:24 AM UTC-4, Evan Ludeman wrote:

I think a *far* more important issue is the tendency of humans to focus on the attractive nuisance of a display.





As wrru points out, there are a variety of wearable computers. This one www.reconinstruments.com does not turn the display on until you look at it and the blindspot is lower relative to the horizon on Google Glass.

People have made careers out studying this stuff. It's not a question of lack of "adaptability" (thanks Sean, roll eyes). It's the way our perception, attention and task switching work. We are *really* vulnerable to missing the forested mountain looming outside the window for the attractive little display. Texting while crashing, etc.

It's NOT about the blind spot. That's my point. It's about the fact that your perception is otherwise occupied. As well, the perception that you think you can multi-task is an illusion.

Not sure the military HUD is relevant to soaring. Might be fun for the Labor Day flour bombing contest. Most of the information we need for XC soaring is nav-related and better displayed on a map. I don't think I'd want my view of terrain and sky cluttered up with an information overlay anyway.

T8