There are even plans to build in resort trail maps, which would make it super easy for me to find the bunny slopes. And let's not forget the greatest feature of all. If I'm watching 6-year-olds rocket past me, knowing that I'm wearing a $450 pair of goggles might save my last ounce of self esteem. Or make me much, much sadder. Either one.

In all seriousness, this is a pretty cool idea. I'm just not good/frequent enough of a skier to justify the cost. For those of you that are, you'll have to wait. They won't be on the market until next year's slope season. Hopefully once they do launch, no one runs into a tree while updating Twitter. [Recon Instruments via Born Rich]

Which isn't to say I won't totally do this when I have a few spare minutes, because when you get to thinking about it, this is pretty great: our host in the video doesn't show off anything more than Google Street View. But imagine using this hobo helmet with camera-based apps like Wikitude or Layar, or replacing the Magic with an iPhone and loading up the new version of Yelp? Excellent. [Twitter via Slashgear]

They're coming out next year, though they haven't set a price. Separate, NEC's planning a pair of similar shades, except that they'd translate foreign languages in real time, with subtitles hovering in front of you, like you're watching a movie of your life. Which is how I feel a bunch of the time anyway. [Register, FarEastGizmos via Popular Science via Engadget]

First of all, using a HUD while cycling is inherently dangerous—but the display is retractable, so it's not like an eye is dedicated to it at all times. Plus, the iPhone is actually mounted unprotected on to the top of your helmet. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me, but ARider is in the prototype stage, so there is time to work out the kinks before it becomes an actual product—if it becomes an actual product. [zikkir via Core77 via Slashgear]

The [CMOS] chip measuring 19.3 by 17 millimeters is fitted on the prototype eyeglasses behind the hinge on the temple. From the temple the image on the microdisplay is projected onto the retina of the user so that it appears to be viewed from a distance of about one meter. The image has to outshine the ambient light to ensure that it can be seen clearly against changing and highly contrasting backgrounds. For this reason the research scientists use OLEDs, organic light-emitting diodes, to produce microdisplays of particularly high luminance.

Wearers could scroll through menus, shift elements and pull up new info by simply focusing on a particular area or moving their eyes in a specific way. The researchers envision this technology proving useful for doctors and engineers somewhere down the line, but you and I both know that if and when something like this becomes readily available, there will be millions of hipster Geordi La Forges out there inundating the world's coffee shops and Apple Stores. [Fraunhofer via Fast Company]

The NeoView Kolon is a prototype that uses a transparent OLED display, presumably layered over a reflective mirror. The result is a HUD of sorts...that could probably be extremely useful if it didn't expend so much light and distraction on looking cool.

For instance, a bumper mounted camera outfitted with the proper algorithms could track the speed of incoming vehicles. This data could label incoming fast cars on the OLED, alerting the driver to allow some extra breathing room in his lane.

Or, you know, you could fit a YouTube window up there, too. [OLED Info and OLED Televisions UK via Engadget]

This week's Photoshop Contest asked you to design your own personal Heads-Up Display, and we got some really awesome results. Unlike many contests, nearly every single entry was unique and there aren't a lot of the same gags over and over again. And I can personally say that I would kill to have almost all of these in my day-to-day life. Nice work, guys. Hit the jump for your top three winners and then check out the rest of the best in our Gallery of Champions.

First Place — Rabid Penguin
Second Place — Josh Harris
Third Place — Stuart Moore

Photoshop up a HUD that you'd love to have in front of you while you're going through life. Send me your finest results in JPG, PNG or GIF form with the filename FirstnameLastname.jpg (substituting your name, duh) at contests@gizmodo.com. Send your submissions in by next Tuesday, at which point I'll pick the three winners and show you the rest of the best in our Gallery of Champions. Get to it!

The display is desaturated, claims a wimpy 840x504 resolution and requires distracting frames that break up the image. Seeing this, though, gives the impression that even if it is years and years away, the day when we can control the natural light in our houses, watch video or displays a HUD on the living room window will come. Eventually. [Tech-On via OLED Display]

The interface is highly responsive, the different software demos are visually impressive, and the potential uses for this type of technology are legion. But not one of the participants in the video painted a mustache on his or her face using the mirror's wide range of drawing tools. It is for that reason that I deem this interactive mirror experiment a complete failure. [LitStudios]

The system itself consists of a GPS unit that connects to the soldiers helmet and a full-color display attaches directly to goggles or helmet shields. It also "contains an 802.11 Wi-Fi interface for Joint Precision Airdrop System data connectivity and custom circuitry that allows for dead reckoning calculations in the event of a GPS lock failure." Plus, it looks like the dude is rockin' a sweet mohawk. [GPS Daily]

That's what the Globaltop Heads-Up Display does, giving you a speedometer as well as GPS directions and your cellphone info via Bluetooth in a display that hangs out there in front of you. You can also set it to nag you if you speed. Uh, no thanks. No pricing was announced, but you can be sure it'll cost less than a Corvette, or especially an F16. – Charlie White

Globaltop Heads-Up Display [Devicepedia]

Sometimes if you're diving really deep it might be too dark or murky to see those vital statistics. It's probably just as useful as the excellent head-up display (HUD) on the Corvette, and if the concept works well enough at 180mph, it'll certainly suffice while loitering a few hundred feet under the sea, not far from Davy Jones Locker. Take it with you on your trip to the Bahamas this winter. – Charlie White

Product Page [Oceanic, via OhGizmo]