It should be noted that the cars they seem to be prototyping on have dedicated buttons for calling and i believe all have click wheel support (BMW ,VW) . Between the steering wheel mounted buttons, and a click wheel a user would be able to navigate this system with general safety. This of course is dependent on three factors:
#1 where is the screen? i've seen good and bad implementations
another area of integrating such connected systems is the area of profiling. say a driver can fill out a profile for the type of music , the language radio station you-tube channel career orientation and interest, then the applications and widgets could look at the profile and download the appropriate content for that vehicle
neat, but try operating this touch interface while driving a car - not practical, you cannot afford to take your eyes off the road .. need something to solve this issue
@chetankjainm well, guy's using a keyboard here, so the controll could be transferred to some buttons on a steering wheel in the end... Apart from that, ppl still use GPSes in their cars. Increases risk, yes, but right now it's a choice between: drive safely OR use other devices while driving. Only solution I see now, apart from steering wheel integration, is voice recognition, and that's hard to code and resource-demanding.
@sierdzio yes u r right, I also saw sometime back, a sort of dashboard projected on a thin film on the front wind shield of a car, but not sure how distracting that could be. but the driver need not take his eyes off the road here, and controls could be buttons on the steering wheel
It should be noted that the cars they seem to be prototyping on have dedicated buttons for calling and i believe all have click wheel support (BMW ,VW) . Between the steering wheel mounted buttons, and a click wheel a user would be able to navigate this system with general safety. This of course is dependent on three factors:
#1 where is the screen? i've seen good and bad implementations
#2 what UI the individual car has
#3 who is driving?
f1shkill 1 year ago
another area of integrating such connected systems is the area of profiling. say a driver can fill out a profile for the type of music , the language radio station you-tube channel career orientation and interest, then the applications and widgets could look at the profile and download the appropriate content for that vehicle
jehaddrubi 1 year ago
touch is not a good thing while DRIVING.
i think "voice command" is the best solution.
modernkoro 1 year ago
neat, but try operating this touch interface while driving a car - not practical, you cannot afford to take your eyes off the road .. need something to solve this issue
chetankjainm 1 year ago
@chetankjainm well, guy's using a keyboard here, so the controll could be transferred to some buttons on a steering wheel in the end... Apart from that, ppl still use GPSes in their cars. Increases risk, yes, but right now it's a choice between: drive safely OR use other devices while driving. Only solution I see now, apart from steering wheel integration, is voice recognition, and that's hard to code and resource-demanding.
sierdzio 1 year ago
@sierdzio yes u r right, I also saw sometime back, a sort of dashboard projected on a thin film on the front wind shield of a car, but not sure how distracting that could be. but the driver need not take his eyes off the road here, and controls could be buttons on the steering wheel
chetankjainm 1 year ago