The first car with a 3D dashboard arrives on the market. Technology makes it easier to distinguish between alarms, alerts and important dashboard items.
3D ended up disappearing from our TVs. But surprised, it now arrives in cars. With the marketing of the first 4x4 with a 3D dashboard. Why in 3D? For the safety ! It turns out that on modern cars, there is more and more electronics, driving aids and therefore information to display on the dashboard. So, it can be difficult to know where and what to watch. In theory, using 3D, you can blast the most important information in the face: a speed limit, a stop sign or the arrival of a pedestrian in the distance. All this without having to add audible alarms. Which will be more comfortable.
And you need glasses (like in the cinema) to see 3D?
No, no need for glasses. There is a small camera that follows the gaze to display an image for the left eye and another for the right eye. It is the Continental equipment supplier who developed this system. It begins to be marketed on 4X4 and GENESIS limousines (Hyundai's luxury brand). They insist on one point: everything is done so that 3D is not an additional distraction. For example, if we look too fixedly at the dashboard, it will reduce the brightness, almost to turn it off, to encourage us to look elsewhere.
Is this something that could develop?
If we listen to Continental, yes, of course. Besides, he's already working on the next generation. It will operate without a camera, directly with a holographic screen (French technology, moreover, from the company Leia). So certainly, it is practical, pretty, modern ... It remains to be seen whether it is really more effective in terms of security.