 Poster: A snowHead
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Here's something else to SKI* with next winter:
Ski goggles with head-up display (Ubergizmo)
Ditto - similar story (Dvice)
This product will bomb commercially (in my humble opinion) but it might be a hit with the Piste Police for pursuing speeding skiers and checking stolen ski serial numbers with the central database. I'm sure - with a bit of tweaking - it could also display your favourite ski forum pages, latest stock market prices, porn websites etc.
* old Spend your Kids' Inheritance joke
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The Abominable snowHead, do they have Parking Sensors? Of course they'll catch on. I for one want some.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think they sound cool and would actually want a pair, also $350 isn't so bad, provided the goggles are decent. I wouldn't get them because I don't have more money than sense and it would distract me to much, but hey, some people will buy them.
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Excellent. I'll stop playing devil's advocate on this one - it looks like they could even out-sell helmets.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| The Abominable snowHead, do they have Parking Sensors? |
Yes they do ... but you're far too old to be skiing anywhere near the park. Stick to the freshly-groomed silver runs, old boy.
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Sorry...but I want them!
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Tough. You can't have 'em - they don't exist.
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Well that takes the fun out of looking. 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Not really. It's a new form of window shopping through rose-tinted goggles
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If they were wireless or had 3G connection, you could have your favorite websites and iPhone apps right there in front of your eyes while skiing. In fact, if the weather was bad you could just play video of a nice sunny run in fresh powder instead of coping with the miserable conditions you are actually in. Wirelessly link that to your sensor-activated SkiMojo and a whole new ski experience opens up. Also, there could be live feeds from the goggles outward-facing camera to snowHeadsTube (as opposed to snowHeadsstube which is an entirely different thing) and the apres-ski possibilities are almost endless. I want them now.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Will they be able to tell you whether it's snowing or not or will one still be required to look through the lens?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Bode Swiller, "apres-ski possibilities"? You'll be wanting the genital attachment then? 
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You know it makes sense.
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Do they have a switch to make your wife look nicer?
Even with the exchange rate at the moment, it's still cheaper to spend the night in the bar for the same effect.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| ricfrench wrote: |
| Do they have a switch to make your wife look nicer? |
You've never seen my wife. How dare you.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Alexandra wrote: |
| Bode Swiller, "apres-ski possibilities"? You'll be wanting the genital attachment then? |
Yeah, but have to think about baggage allowance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I just want some that don't steam up (goggles that is)
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Go for electric. Goggles are like trains, and steam is definitely a thing of the past.
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electric goggles !!!!! are you saying they are heated, please tell me they exist and this is not a cruel joke
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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skidmarks, you can get goggles with a built in fan, which keeps them clear. I guy I was skiing with last year had a pair, but I can't remember the make of them though.
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That's right. Go electric. Remember that you can travel first class or second class with goggles. Just think "trains"
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I'd quite like a pair that could scan the ground in front of you and subtly enhance contrast in real time when the light is really flat (beyond anything that could be achieved with lenses). For that matter it would be pretty handy if they could recreate an image of the mountain entirely in the case of a complete white out, combined with the little GPS arrow to keep you on track down your chosen piste. Maybe that just takes away the challenge though!
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I WANT THEM !!!!!!!!!!!, some one out there must know who make them
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hey - I do actually know the man who as patented a laser depth perception thinging for skiing in flat light/bad conditions. Guess you would look a bit silly skiing down the mountain with a set of laser lights protruding from your waist area! Not sure that'll take off either!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Transcend is the only pair of goggles in the world to provide real-time feedback to the user, including speed, latitude/longitude, altitude, vertical distance travelled, total distance travelled, chrono/stopwatch mode, a run-counter, temperature and time. It is also the only pair of goggles that boasts GPS capabilities, USB charging and data transfer, and post-processing software all with a user-friendly, futuristic interface. |
Put me down for speed, altitude and temperature. Useful information to have at your finger tips. Maybe your current heading/compass bearing too.
The ability, as with a gps, to upload and overlay your days travel onto a map/google earth of the region is nice too, for touring/backcountry days especially.
What other info would be genuinely useful to have permanently in your vision? closest watering hole....
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DaddyLouLou, smith turbo fan
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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My wife thinks they're ridiculous. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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I think the TGR guys have got this one covered:
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| Goggles seem like an awesome way for Zeal to make $$$. Think about it, what is the most irresistible thing to rich ski tourists? Useless gimmicky poo-poo that looks cool and helps them talk big game at the bar, and costs more than any sane person would spend. |
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Originally Posted by doughboyshredder
anyone wearing those deserves a kick in the nuts.
while true, won't the heads up display sound an alarm or something warning the douche of said kick? |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No doubt the software in the goggles would need periodical updates via a PC. Won't be long long before pop ups start appearing when your on the slopes!
I wouldn't mind trying these out though just to see how they perform.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Mattgcp, +1 Hi Tech googles will come into their own when they can see through the mist and flat light and show you what is in front of you.
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my husband definately wants some, as do all his geeky friends, but they want to be able to link them up so you can see where your geeky friends are on the mountain too....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Megamum wrote: |
| Mattgcp, +1 Hi Tech googles will come into their own when they can see through the mist and flat light and show you what is in front of you. |
That'd be a thumb FLIR camera side mounted to your goggle strap displaying overlay through video glasses. All off the shelf components for the ambitions fog/night afficiando.
...as for the goggs in the OP, call be back when they're peril sensitive.
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Smith still do pairs now with fans in them.
Techy goggles look like a future purchase once they become more main stream and cost effective.
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Richard_Sideways, I think with me on the piste they would be permanently black!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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kevindonkleywood,
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p.s. sorry for the HHGTG reference and pointless post....oh hang on all my posts are pointless
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quite right... read the post above yours and Richard_Sideways
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1) Can I take them in my hand luggage?
2) Should I wear a helmet with them?
3) Are they legal in Austria whilst using winter tyres and/or snowchains ?
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FAQ
if someone still has a pair they must have been pretty good to last all this time 
They have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble, they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you.
