Head-Up Display (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A head-up display or heads-up display is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from the pilots being able to view information with heads "up" and looking forward, instead of angled down looking at lower instruments. Although they were initially developed for military aviation, HUDs are now used in commercial aircraft, automobiles, and other applications. The first HUDs were derived from static gun sight technology for military fighter aircraft. Rudimentary HUDs projected a "pipper" to aid aircraft gun aiming. As HUDs advanced, more information was added