14 
Harman has developed an augmented reality display technology that gives you real-time information on your windscreen while you drive. It’s like Google Glasses for your car except that the product is actually about to launch (or so they say…). And Harman promises you won’t crash while using it.
The idea is to provide you with crazy features like augmented navigation. Depending on the specific implementation, the HUD could talk to the cloud via LTE, or Wi-Fi. For controls, the HUD is touch free and controllable by either voice or gestures.
We’re having a very hard time imagining how the screenshots Harman sent us of its display tech aren’t going to be distracting, but Harman says that just like you can’t tinker with built-in car GPS while you’re driving on some cars, the HUD won’t respond to you either.
Augmented Reality Navigation Displays in Your Windshield? Absolutely.
Ikea's Augmented Reality Catalog Might Be the Company's Best-Made Product Yet
Nokia's New City Lens and Maps Make Lumia an Augmented Reality King
“Harman says that just like you can’t tinker with built-in car GPS while you’re driving on some cars, the HUD won’t respond to you either.”
So…. it’s for when you’re NOT driving then? At those times when you are, what they technically called “parked”?
Puzzled? I am !
“So…. it’s for when you’re NOT driving then?”
Many built-in GPS systems won’t let you mess with their settings and destinations while driving because the controls are too far from the drivers normal eye line to the road.
The same reason that almost all of them won’t let you pair a Bluetooth device with the audio system while the engine is running.
That much is fair enough of course. It’s just that you would think it could receive voice commands – as the first paragraph claims – for certain features; perhaps checking traffic, changing routes, changing radio station, voice calling.
It’s certainly an interesting idea but like the article’s author, I would like to see it in action so as to see how distracting or not it would be in practise.
New TomToms come this setting on, if your in motion it wont let you press buttons (you can turn this off) but built in ones tend to be linked to the hand break so you have to pull over to unlock the controls.. its not a bad idea.. will help keep them insurance premiums down..
Sounds good.
Yeah, my Lexus locks out some of the settings and navigation options via the remote touch controller when the vehicle is in motion. You can still set a new navigation destination etc my voice commands though. And the HUD display is kinda cool.
*by
Its great to see that people have started taking Augmented Reality so serious now. Two English daily newspaper in India – Times of India (TOI) and Hindustan Times (HT) have also come up with their app called “Alive” which is doing a pretty good job with more than 300,000 downloads in less than a month. It was developed by “AdStuck”. Best part of Alive is that they have not only used AR in advertisements but they have used AR to augment their news articles as well. As we all know newspaper is a static object and to be very frank if it doesn’t evolve it will die. So, Just to make the static object alive you need to use Augmented Reality.
I am not very sure about HT’s app so, no comments on that.
But, yes AR is quite popular now and will gain more and more importance in coming days.
Good Job Harman and all the best for your project !