Jaguar Land Rover has shown "smart" windscreen

The British manufacturer of premium cars Jaguar Land Rover presented its vision for the development of information systems in the cars of the future. The company showed a concept version of the "smart" windscreen Jaguar Virtual Windscreen, which, according to representatives of Jaguar Virtual Windscreen in the future to appear on the entire line of models from Jaguar and Land Rover.

Developed the technology actually turns the windshield into a projection screen, which displays the information currently displayed on the dashboard. At the corners of the glass, the driver can raise the image of the speedometer, odometer, and other sensors of the systems of the car, and the center may receive information from the navigation system.





In a video demonstrating the features of the Jaguar Virtual Windscreen, a system installed on the car, circling around the race track. And, based on the circumstances at the windshield displays information about the time of passage of a circle, is highlighted in the optimal trajectory, and color lighting displays hints about the optimal speed required to achieve the best result.

Engineers Jaguar Land Rover is now also working on the ability to control the images on the windshield at the expense of gestures that will allow drivers to not be distracted from driving. And if this system is conceived will be able to bring to production, the interior of the cars of the future may be radically different from the present. After all, from the dashboard, it will be possible to completely give up, because of what decrease and Jaguar price – materials for the production of cars will spend much less.



When Jaguar Virtual Windscreen on production models of the brand, in the company's management now say reluctantly, and just note that in the development of this field of automobile technology, abandoned serious efforts.

So it is likely that the first "swallows" with "smart" windscreen, will take off from the conveyor Jaguar Land Rover, in the next 3-5 years.

Source: zeleneet.com