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I don't know if the website is deliberately vague, or the proposers of this project just don't know what it's going to be yet. There's not really any mention of

by cnewey 9y ago

I don't know if the website is deliberately vague, or the proposers of this project just don't know what it's going to be yet. There's not really any mention of why it would be useful, what it would do, and why anyone would want to build one. * It's unlikely to be a motorcycle helmet because sharp embedded electronics inside a helmet is a recipe for head injury * It might be useful on a bicycle (for couriers, etc), but having windows popping up while cycling is a pretty bad idea * It might be useful for walking around (but probably not because it would look stupid) Honestly, this is frustrating to read because I still can't figure out what it's for.

lucideer 9y ago
This line about the software running on it seems to have a hint: > Dragonfire is the open source virtual assistant project for Ubuntu based Linux distributions. She will serve to the user of the helmet as a command and control interface so that you will be even able to order physical operations just by your voice commands and your eye movements. but yes, they could be a lot clearer... On the other hand, the page looks to be a work in progress. The armour links go nowhere, and the armour repository has only one directory (though it seems like the intent is to have many). It seems like they're building an opensource, cloudless Jarvis. I must say I do like the cloudless aspect.
- cnewey 9y ago
  I saw that, but there's no explanation of what the virtual assistant will do in context of the helmet (automate emails? terminal commands? maps and navigation? cowsay?). As for the rest of the armour links... I never understood the point of submitting something to HN that was barely more than a landing page. Just seems a bit misjudged, is all.
  - oddsignals 9y ago
    cowsay is definitely the killer app for this.
davidkuhta 9y ago
Agreed, I was thinking it was a riding helmet, then I saw the mention of pollution and thought it was maybe just for walking around, but then there's the Armor dropdown which seems to hark back to being riding related. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That said, it does look cool and I'm all for some wearable tech, if only for bad ideas that lead to good ones.

by cnewey 9y ago

lucideer 9y ago

This line about the software running on it seems to have a hint: > Dragonfire is the open source virtual assistant project for Ubuntu based Linux distributions. She will serve to the user of the helmet as a command and control interface so that you will be even able to order physical operations just by your voice commands and your eye movements. but yes, they could be a lot clearer... On the other hand, the page looks to be a work in progress. The armour links go nowhere, and the armour repository has only one directory (though it seems like the intent is to have many). It seems like they're building an opensource, cloudless Jarvis. I must say I do like the cloudless aspect.

cnewey 9y ago
I saw that, but there's no explanation of what the virtual assistant will do in context of the helmet (automate emails? terminal commands? maps and navigation? cowsay?). As for the rest of the armour links... I never understood the point of submitting something to HN that was barely more than a landing page. Just seems a bit misjudged, is all.
- oddsignals 9y ago
  cowsay is definitely the killer app for this.

davidkuhta 9y ago

Agreed, I was thinking it was a riding helmet, then I saw the mention of pollution and thought it was maybe just for walking around, but then there's the Armor dropdown which seems to hark back to being riding related. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That said, it does look cool and I'm all for some wearable tech, if only for bad ideas that lead to good ones.