Shelly Palmer

Jaguar Land Rover Displays Your Driving Data on Your Windshield

I’ve had my on-track exploits overlaid with race telemetry to be viewed after the session, but Jaguar Land Rover is looking to project that info on the windshield while you make laps or cruise the highways. The Virtual Windscreen concept beams hazard, speed and navigation graphics to the driver’s view, adding both racing line and braking guidance alongside ghost cars and virtual cones for more performance-oriented activities. What’s more, the automaker also has a gesture control system in the works, aiming to limit the amount of physical button pushing. “We have identified which functions still need to be controlled by physical buttons and which could be controlled by gesture and carefully calibrated motion sensors,” said Director of Research and Technology Dr. Wolfgang Epple.

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