Golden-i Headmounted Display Prototype

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The Golden-i was our first start for the wearable projects for Motorola, culminating in the HC1 wearable computer, released in Q'4, 2013.

This rendering shows the first Golden-i working prototype

Many people fell in love with our model, we had to tell people that he was virtual :)

The most complex part is the need to make the Golden-i fit for all, in complex work situations, wearing safety glasses, glasses, helmets etc..

Google Glass type slimness was not possible, because this one is inherently more powerful and has a huge battery by comparison; the display is also also about 3x its resolution, a virtual 15" monitor, so large docs can be displayed...

Intricate detailing even at this early stage makes a design look resolved and therefore, believable

Some of the secret sauce lies with the embedded Kopin microdisplay and the dual microphone setup, also incorporated in the head, as noise-cancellation is a must have in loud environments

The juggling of component locations resulted in the main board and battery being suspended in the rear; laptop hinges in the rubberised center allowed for rotational adjustment to individual headsizes

At the beginning of the program we envisioned dozens and dozens of ways all our components could be mounted on the human head...

Is it a headphone with boom? How does it clip together or onto a hardhat, where do the batteries go and how do they expand, etc

Quick early sketches on internal components and wiring scenarios; the ratchet mechanism for width adjustment never made it, we did hinges instead...

Many, many mechanical mockups were explored and built about the crucial elements, such as this boom arm/speaker assembly...

Headstrap design profiles tested to the hilt... all important for proper ergos

We built a few hundred working prototypes and future customers were able to evaluate them, explore usage, report back to the team their findings; invaluable process and feedback collection