GM's full-windshield HUD technology

GM explains its advanced technology for a full-windshield heads up display.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• gm
• general motors
• autoblog
• hud
• heads up display
• windshield display

[ReSanSax]

Seems like too much of a distraction with multiple things going on at once on the windshield. Technology overkill if ask me. It just baffles my mind why automakers feel the need to take the complete.. "one with the road".. driving experience out of the hands of the driver and hand it over to on-board computers making it feel video game synthetic.

[FermentingMadness]

@jaydenfre2413 Simple. As this technology becomes more common prices are likely to fall with increases in supply. Higher end Car HUD's will be created to replace old outdated models which will become cheap. Enventually these cheap products will outshine the prototype you see above, perhaps by a large margin too.

[SeanVanderHeyden]

@ReSanSax You know how there are accidents? That's why. We fuck up our driving way more often than there is any reason to. This can be used to make driving so much safer than it is already. It's not "video game synthetic", it's a matter of making the things you need to see more obvious. Did you notice how the edge of the road was highlighted in poor visibility conditions? That's exactly the sort of problem that this fixes.

[Mark37251]

@ReSanSax because most people just want to get from a to b. The rest, like myself, buy older muscle cars.

[SyiWolfe]

This will save and enhance the life's of drivers everywhere.

[Ganton2]

Well, there's one way to get away from cops in the dark; Turn off all lights, turn on infrared.

[deziking]

wtf is this shit going to do for me. Build a winshiled that you don't need fucking wiper blades when it's snow/rain or even when bird takes a shit.

[dna1101]

and then they move their fuel tank to a more exposed place to save $6 a car at the cost of 500 lives.

[TRCIII]

I own the Pontiac GXP. The HUD ties in my GPS (countdown to turn, street name and directional arrow) my XM/radio (name and number of station) and of course the speedo and compass readings, termp and which gear I'm in. (Since I have tap shifters on the steering wheel, in addition to the radio controls, that's very handy.) When I get "special interest" msgs (e.g. Low Fuel) they pop up as well. I FRICKIN' LOVE THIS FEATURE! Problem: No longer made...except on the 'Vette and Camaro. Pontiac's dead!

[ablahblah54]

@ReSanSax Definitely true, information overload can be a factor for anyone especially less with some people becoming less and less tech savvy these days (more people are becoming users and not caring about what really goes on behind the scenes). However, I think it's still a bigger benefit in that with it, you don't have to look down and away from the road anymore if you want to check the parameters of anything, which is more dangerous than looking at a HUD in my opinion.

[auroradamien]

And then a rock flies into your windshield costing you more than a new car.

[omgallusuck]

"animals on the road" then there is a man on the road ;D