Anicet Mbida 06:54, October 13, 2022
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This Thursday, he is interested in a new automobile to help us kill time in traffic jams.
These are video games directly on the dashboard.
The innovation of the day is the latest trick from car manufacturers to help us kill time when we wait hours at the gas station: they will offer video games directly on the dashboard.
This could have interested a lot of people in recent days, given the huge queues in front of certain pumps with the shortage of fuel.
Unfortunately, this is not for petrol cars, but for electric cars.
Those on which it is normal to wait hours to refuel.
As a result, we will be able to pass the time by indulging in video games.
Tesla will have been the first to try out the idea.
Its huge central screen turns into a games console.
You can plug in a controller and even use the real steering wheel and pedals in Mario Kart style racing games.
Since then, Honda and Ford have followed (even if their offer remains timid and limited).
From now on, BMW is launching, with fanfare, with a catalog of a hundred games that you can play using your phone as a controller.
Can't play while driving?
Fortunately not.
You have to be parked.
But imagine that a year ago on the Tesla, the passenger could even play on the highway.
And on some Mercedes, you could even watch videos.
But after several complaints, the option was disabled.
It is true that she was dangerous.
In any case, it is indicative of the mutation of the automotive multimedia system in the electric age.
For a long time it only served to keep us awake when the car was moving.
That's why the focus was on music and radio.
Now the driver can spend hours waiting for his car to charge.
So we also offer movies and series in streaming, video games, internet access… On some concepts, we even see the arrival of videoconferencing to hold meetings directly from your vehicle.
Is it also a way to prepare for the autonomous car?
Absolutely.
We're going to have to take care of ourselves, if we don't drive anymore.
It's a cultural revolution: manufacturers have always sought to eliminate distractions while driving (in the name of safety).
Today, they are forced to reintroduce entertainment to help us kill time.