Been wondering when these were going to come out..

[Essroc123]

Do I need this? No not really. Do I want one for the sheer coolness factor? Oh God yes!

http://www.oceanicworldwide.com/2004/p_computers_iddm.html

Safe Dives,

Will Johnson

 

[archman]

Wow, this thing looks pretty cool. I would have thought it another stupid dive gimmick, but if it's good enough for the freaking U.S. Navy...

I love reading about its development. Never would have thought about sticking the display in a little nook off to the side; I hope this will allow different sorts of lenses to be swapped out of the housing without too much fuss.

 

[Paul Evans]

These got mentioned in a thread about the future of diving.

IMO these will become the norm in recreational diving, I'am still waiting to get my hands on a set, until then i'll hold judgement, but........... If these do work and are comfortable then they will be an asset to divers.

Only my 2 cents

 

[Randyp1234]

Hasn't there been some sort of HUD mask promised for years?

 

[caveseeker7]

Hasn't there been some sort of HUD mask promised for years?

Yes, from Cochran.

A heads-up display is fine, but I'd rather mount it to the 2nd stage (preferably with some sort of mount that can be changed to another 2nd (gas switch or bailout). Masks get lost or damaged to easily.

 

[jagfish]

Two things I thought of when I first saw this mask (other than what a cool idea)...
Gee the filed of view looks dissappointingly narrow and...
What a shame it would be if it happned not to fit your face well.

One of the reasons I chose Oceanic over Suunto when buying my computer was that Oceanic seemed to have some exciting ideas in the works. The three transmitter, air integrated computer looks promising as well. I thin it is out in a month or two?

JAG

 

[archman]

A heads-up display is fine, but I'd rather mount it to the 2nd stage (preferably with some sort of mount that can be changed to another 2nd (gas switch or bailout). .

How would it be mounted to the second stage?

 

[jagfish]

I'm having a challenge imagining that as well. Especially the swithcability part. In my mind's eye, it ends up looking like one of the Borg...

JAG

 

[The Kraken]

Hope you have perfect eyesight. For those of us that are at that age where our arms aren't long enough to read the Sunday paper, these gizmos just may be impractical.

 

[archman]

Hope you have perfect eyesight. For those of us that are at that age where our arms aren't long enough to read the Sunday paper, these gizmos just may be impractical.

Ah... farsightedness. Ugh. They seem to have dealt with the nearsightedness issue pretty well, however.