Every glance down is a fraction of a second without the road.
Speedometer, navigation, the phone on the bars: each one takes your eyes off the road for a moment, and on a motorcycle those moments matter more than in a car. Head-up displays promised to fix that. The ones that exist for helmets are head-fixed: the image is glued to your visor and moves with every turn of your head, so it can sit right on top of the thing you are trying to see. These solutions also require a refocusing of your eyes. Many riders tried one and took it off again.
We started from a different question: what if the information stayed where it belongs, on the road, and left your view whenever you looked somewhere else?
The motorcycle is the reference frame.
Aegis Rider Vision tracks the helmet's position and orientation with full six degrees of freedom: three axes of position, three of rotation. Content is anchored either to the motorcycle or to the world, not to your head (only Static Mode, without a mounted sensor, fixes the display in your view by design).
Three inputs. One frame.
A small tracking camera in the chin of the helmet sees the motorcycle and measures the helmet's pose relative to it. The helmet's own inertial sensors measure its motion in the world. The motorcycle's motion and position come from a third sensor on the bike: your rigidly mounted smartphone, or the Pro-Box. All three are fused into one reference frame, the motorcycle. A single inertial sensor could never do this, because it measures head motion and bike motion as one combined signal.
- The tracking camera is not the action camera and not user-accessible; keep it clean and don't cover it with a tank bag or your hands.
- The phone is one sensor input and the source for calls and music, never the display.
- All AR processing runs on the helmet's on-board compute running Android; no internet is needed to ride.
Three unique capabilities
Select one of the three use-cases below to see the system in action.
Speed, speed limit, mini-map with road geometry, time, media and calls sit in a fixed position ahead of the motorcycle, typically three to four metres out. You choose the position and size in the app. Turn your head to see the curve and the display leaves your view; face forward and it is back.
The HUD stays with the bike
Vehicle-anchored
The HUD stays with the bike
Speed, speed limit, mini-map with road geometry, time, media and calls sit in a fixed position ahead of the motorcycle, typically three to four metres out. You choose the position and size in the app. Turn your head to see the curve and the display leaves your view; face forward and it is back.
World-anchored
Arrows at the real junction
3D navigation arrows are placed at the actual position of the next manoeuvre, at its real distance, like a signpost only you can see. Prefer classic turn-by-turn arrows? Switch in the companion app
Variable depth
Content at the distance it represents
The AR Optics is a stereo see-through combiner: each eye gets its own 1080p image. Content is rendered at variable depth, so the speed sits a few metres ahead and the arrow stands at the corner, and your eyes don't refocus between a screen and the road.
What is motorcycle calibration, and how long does it take?
Calibration builds a model of one motorcycle. The AR Vision Companion guides an approximately 10-minute ride, uploads the measurements and downloads the completed profile after processing, which can take up to about 2 hours. 5 motorcycle profiles are included. Static Mode can be used before a profile is ready.
Ride the guided route
Five left turns, five right turns, a 45-second straight at constant speed and at least five minutes above 20 km/h. A town with plenty of corners works best.
Upload and processing
The helmet hands the data to your phone, the phone uploads it, and our backend processes it. You get a notification when the profile is ready.
Download and ride
Load the profile onto the helmet, mount the phone exactly as during calibration, press Launch. Five vehicle slots are included; switch bikes in the Garage.
Recalibrate if you move the phone mount or change how the bike looks a lot (large tank bag, new fairings). Off-road and standing up? Calibrate with a mix of sitting and standing.
Don't want to mount your phone on the handlebar? Here are your options!
The helmet works from minute one, mount or no mount.
With the phone paired but in your pocket, Aegis Rider Vision runs in Static Mode: the display shows speed and navigation, the front camera records, calls and music work. The only difference is that the display is fixed in your view instead of anchored to the bike. Mount the phone or fit the Pro-Box and spatial anchoring switches on.
Nothing on the handlebar, and a steadier display.
The Pro-Box is a small optional module mounted on the motorcycle, for example under the seat, with a high-precision GNSS receiver and inertial sensors. It replaces the smartphone as the vehicle-side sensor: the phone stays in your pocket, positioning is more precise than smartphone GPS.
Why a helmet IMU alone cannot do this
A conventional helmet HUD moves with your head. Aegis Rider Vision uses full 6-DOF Spatial Anchoring: vehicle information stays with the motorcycle and 3D navigation appears at the real junction. Turn to check a mirror or look through a curve and the anchored display leaves your view, keeping the rider's field of view clear.
| Head-fixed helmet display | Phone on the handlebar | Aegis Rider Vision | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the information sits | On your visor, moves with your head (0-DOF, no tracking) | On the bars, eyes down | On the road ahead, anchored to the motorcycle and the world (6-DOF spatial anchoring) |
| Reading the information | Refocus required between the virtual display and the road | Refocus required between the phone and the road | No refocusing required, content sits naturally in your view |
| Shoulder check or curve | Display stays in your view | You look down, then back up | Display steps out of your view, returns when you face forward |
| Navigation arrows | Arrow on the visor | Arrow on a small map | 3D arrow standing at the real junction |
Less in your field of view is more attention on the road.
Research in selective attention consistently shows that information present in the visual field consumes processing resources even when it is not the focus of active attention. A display that is permanently in view competes with the road; a display that appears where and when it is relevant does not. That is the design principle behind spatial anchoring: the HUD is out of your view when you scan for hazards, look into the curve and the navigation arrow is part of the scene rather than an overlay on it.
Most of this research comes from cars. We think the mechanisms apply at least as strongly to motorcycling, where the cognitive demands are higher. Kim and Gabbard's work also shows that a well-designed AR interface can improve awareness: design matters, which is why what you see is configurable down to speed only.
Lavie, N. (2005). Distracted and confused? Selective attention under load. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9(2), 75–82. · Kim, H., & Gabbard, J. L. (2022). Human Factors, 64(5), 852–865. · Lee et al. (2024). Human Factors, 66(7), 1879–1892. · Wang et al. (2022). International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 38(9), 837–850. · Murphy, G., & Greene, C. M. (2016). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30(3), 479–483.
The full sheet.
Today, Vision can show speed, speed limit, time, navigation, mini-map, media and caller information, and record front-camera ride footage. Curve preview and group-riding awareness are in development; rear-camera activation, blind-spot cues, direct intercom support and curvy routing are also in development.
Aegis Rider Vision helmet
- Shell
- Nexx X.WST3 platform, ECE 22.06 approved, carbon black matt
- Sizes
- XS 53–54 · S 55–56 · M 57–58 · L 59–60 · XL 61–62 · XXL 63–64 · 3XL 65–66 cm
- Weight
- ≈ 2 kg including helmet, electronics, battery and AR Optics; smaller shells weigh a little less
- Battery
- 7,000 mAh, integrated; 4–6 h with the AR display active; charges while riding over USB-C (bike or power bank); full charge ≈ 2 h
- Cameras
- Front action camera 1080p/30 fps, 135°; rear camera 1080p (built in, activation by update); tracking camera for spatial anchoring
- Storage
- 128 GB (≈ 20 h of video)
- Audio
- Stereo speakers and microphone
- Controls
- Six buttons on the left: POWER, ACTION, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN; status LED
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth 5.2; WiFi 2.4 GHz for footage transfer and updates
- Compute
- On-board compute running Android; all AR processing on the helmet
- Environment
- IP65; −10 °C to +40 °C
- Visors
- Clear and dark visor, Pinlock insert, integrated drop-down sun visor; all X.WST3 visors fit
- In the box
- Helmet, USB-C cable, rigid handlebar mount, helmet bag, quick-start card
- Warranty
- 2 years on the whole helmet including electronics
AR Optics and app
- Display
- Stereo see-through optical combiner, 1080p per eye, variable-depth rendering
- Attachment
- Magnetic, with power and image over one contact; removable on the fly
- Weight
- ≈ 75 g
- Power
- From the helmet; no battery or radio of its own
- Fit
- Three spacers and eye-relief screws; works with most glasses and all contact lenses
- Tracking
- Full 6-DOF spatial anchoring; motorcycle as reference frame
- HUD
- Speed, speed limit, time, navigation, mini-map, media, caller; position, size and depth configurable; 3D arrows or turn-by-turn
- Modes
- Spatial anchoring (phone mounted or Pro-Box) · Static Mode (head-fixed, phone in pocket)
- App
- AR Vision Companion, iOS 16+ / Android 13+, free, no subscription
- Phone as sensor
- Any modern Android phone or iPhone with gyroscope, accelerometer and GNSS, mounted rigidly
- Navigation
- HERE maps in the AR Vision Companion app; fastest / shortest / avoid motorways (curvy routing on the roadmap); GPX import as track; offline after map download; no connection to Garmin/TomTom units, no CarPlay/Android Auto
- Vehicles
- Five motorcycle slots included; extra slots can be purchased in the app.
- Pro-Box
- A small module mounted on the motorcycle, for example under the seat, with a high-precision GNSS receiver and inertial sensors. It replaces the phone as the vehicle-side sensor: nothing on the handlebar, positioning more precise than a phone’s GPS, and the basis for the upcoming road-ahead features. One per bike you ride often, transferable with a new calibration ride. Order it with the helmet or add it later in the shop.
- Environment
- −10 °C to +40 °C.
Now try it on your motorcycle.
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