BMW has teamed up with Chinese digital display experts Futurus to create the next-generation of heads-up displays. These will no longer be simply about projecting your speed and maybe some sat-nav arrows onto the windscreen, but will instead incorporate complete windscreens with augmented reality displays. Futurus is showing off its new Mixed Reality (MR) windscreen at the hugely influential Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and BMW is one of the car makers lining up for a slice of its tech. From a passenger’s perspective, the windscreen can be a big TV, showing movies, music, or social media without distracting the driver. Uber Wu, chief-scientist at Futurus, who says: “Vehicle manufacturers must adopt MR technology if they want to offer a truly safe yet immersive experience in the next generation of vehicles.

Source: The Irish Times January 06, 2020 11:03 UTC