New Magazine in Ukraine

<p>The world’s first true augmented reality (AR) ski goggles are in development, with a display that projects features on to the snow as if they’re floating 15 feet in front.The RideOn goggles, which currently only exist as a prototype, with a crowdfunding campaign to raise $75,000 underway, allow you to up the ante on the slopes with games and challenges. These include one that gets you to ride through a virtual slalom track that only you can see, and another where you chase the shadow of a top ski athlete down the mountain – you can "compete against yourself and friends for time and skill".Yes, it's all very high tech and amazing, like something out of a film set in the future. Or in space. Or in the future and in space. But the first thing that springs to mind when I see these goggles in action is just how insanely, ridiculously dangerous they have the potential to be.Skiing and snowboarding, while totally exhilarating, are already extreme, high-risk sports. It's a manageable risk, of course, but it's always there, as has been highlighted over the last couple of years; high profile accidents on the slopes such as Michael Schumacher's crash, which left the Formula 1 star in a coma for almost six months, remind us that this is a leisure activity that carries with it a considerable level of danger.Just as with driving, you need your wits about you. Navigating a busy piste can feel like zooming down the motorway, except there are no lanes, no one indicates and you aren't blessed with a rear-view mirror. It takes all your concentration and skill to ensure you don't skid out of control or hit someone, and you need to be switched on enough to instantly adapt if you hit a patch of ice or variable snow.</p>

<p>The world’s first true augmented reality (AR) ski goggles are in development, with a display that projects features on to the snow as if they’re floating 15 feet in front.The RideOn goggles, which currently only exist as a prototype, with a crowdfunding campaign to raise $75,000 underway, allow you to up the ante on the slopes with games and challenges. These include one that gets you to ride through a virtual slalom track that only you can see, and another where you chase the shadow of a top ski athlete down the mountain – you can "compete against yourself and friends for time and skill".Yes, it's all very high tech and amazing, like something out of a film set in the future. Or in space. Or in the future and in space. But the first thing that springs to mind when I see these goggles in action is just how insanely, ridiculously dangerous they have the potential to be.Skiing and snowboarding, while totally exhilarating, are already extreme, high-risk sports. It's a manageable risk, of course, but it's always there, as has been highlighted over the last couple of years; high profile accidents on the slopes such as Michael Schumacher's crash, which left the Formula 1 star in a coma for almost six months, remind us that this is a leisure activity that carries with it a considerable level of danger.Just as with driving, you need your wits about you. Navigating a busy piste can feel like zooming down the motorway, except there are no lanes, no one indicates and you aren't blessed with a rear-view mirror. It takes all your concentration and skill to ensure you don't skid out of control or hit someone, and you need to be switched on enough to instantly adapt if you hit a patch of ice or variable snow.</p>

epa04586020 Activists using toy gun and poster with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin stage a performance to stress their demand for the release of Ukrainian officer Nadiya Savchenko from Russian prison, during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine, 26 January 2015. Nadiya Savchenko was captured on 17 June 2014 by pro-Russian militants of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and is being kept in a Russian prison, accused of her alleged involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists. EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

epa04586734 Ukrainians hold posters with portraits of Nadiya Savchenko and slogans 'Free Savchenko' during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine, 26 January 2015, demanding the release of Ukrainian officer Nadiya Savchenko from a Russian prison. Nadiya Savchenko was captured on 17 June 2014 by pro-Russian militants of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and is being kept in Russian prison, accused of her alleged involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

epa04583722 A handout made available by the Ukrainian presidential press-service showig Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko heading an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in Kiev, Ukraine, 25 January 2015. Pro-Russian rebel forces in eastern Ukraine announced they would begin a large-scale attack of the eastern port city of Mariupol, but stopped short of taking responsibility for a shelling on 24 January in which at least 29 civilians died and about 100 were injured. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) concluded the attack was launched from an area of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists. An examination of a crater showed that the rockets were fired from the east and north-east from separatist areas, the OSCE said. EPA/MYKOLA LAZARENKO / PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / HANDOUT +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++