If you drive a nearly new
vehicle
, you’re probably used to touch-screen controls,
steering-wheel toggles, and even some voice commands.
Thought it would be even easier if you could just flick your
wrist or wave your hand? Well then, you might have your wish...within a few
years. Volkswagen is showing future features—including this—in a special
concept for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas.
The concept, which is based on the high-performance Volkswagen
Golf R, and officially called the Volkswagen Golf R Touch concept vehicle
, shows a next-generation infotainment display that uses
3D gesture control.
The Golf R Touch’s infotainment system actually combines
three different displays: a huge 12.8-inch infotainment system touch screen, an
8-inch Control Center touch screen with feedback, located just beneath it (for
vehicle, climate, and media controls), and an Active Info Display (12.3-inch)
that functions as an instrument cluster, among other things.
Nearly all the physical buttons or knobs in the vehicle are
replaced by touchscreen selections or sensor switches, VW says—a move that
could be controversial in a production model.
The system, Volkswagen says, was developed to reduce driver
distraction while maintaining maximum personalization and intuitive operation.
It permits the driver to set the meaning for certain gestures. The Active Info
Display and central touch screen can also be customized with themes and colors.
While some of the Golf R Concept's features, like
full-fledged 3D gesture control, won't be in production models—or at least an
affordable vehicle like the Golf—for a few years, VW did confirm that later
this year it will introduce a second generation modular infotainment platform
(MIB II) to the U.S. The system will allow an expanded array of
smartphone-integrated apps, as well as the capability to interact with
handset-driven features and apps via the Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
interfaces. And there will be extended capability with a
wider range of smartphones, smart watches.
Separately, the automaker showcased Intelligent Charge
features for the e-Golf, allowing a charging station guide as well as a Digital
Key feature that allows temporary access to the vehicle through a smartphone.
There’s also a Trained Parking feature that would allow the e-Golf to
semi-automatically (in theory, even if the driver isn’t in the car
) park the vehicle (with a camera scan of the path) in a
designated spot—for inductive (wireless) charging, for example.
source: www.motorauthority.com
by Bengt Halvorson
http://www.boscheuropeon.com
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