heads-up display
noun
plural heads-up displays
: a system that projects information onto a usually transparent surface that sits directly in a user's line of vision
The "heads-up display," or "HUD," projects an image of the speedometer, fuel gauges and other controls onto the windshield, so that a motorist could read them without looking away from the road.—
Warren Brown
Warren Brown… helping to develop flight simulators and heads-up display helmets that let airplane pilots see gauges and flight data without having to look down at the instrument panel …—Sabra Chartrand
—abbreviation HUD
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The company pitched it as a way to give people working in medical, agricultural, and factory settings a heads-up display that would feed them information while keeping their hands free.
—Mitchell Clark, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2023
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Mitchell Clark, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Heads-up display.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heads-up%20display. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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