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If those zany futurists and their crystal balls are to be believed, in the future we will no longer drive cars, but be driven around in car-like pods.Now, as much as we try and hold back the tide of autonomous driving tech, it"s flooding the market. But what would car interiors look like when you no longer need to do the car-y bit? Well, wonder no more as BMW has given us an insight at this year"s CES show.It"s called the BMW i Inside Future concept and looks like a well-read stoner"s paradise. As you can see, it has a library and some rather suspect looking shrubbery growing under the rear bench. But aside from these and the very cool Eames-like chairs and roof-mounted head rests this airy cockpit is all about showing off a new technology: HoloActive Touch.It"s an evolution of BMW"s Gesture Control system that allows you to swoop and swish your hands around like Tom Cruise in Minority Report instead of having to physically press buttons. HoloActive Touch will ditch the traditional dashboard in favour of a massive floating display that stretches across the cabin. If you want to interact with it or change something like the radio station, instead of dealing with messy, complicated buttons you use your hand movements to react with a hologram display.A camera detects the hand movements and registers the position of fingertips, in particular. As soon as a fingertip makes contact with one of the virtual menu options, a pulse is emitted and the relevant action is activated. You"ll know you"ve made a selection thanks to feedback from an airborne vibrating pulse. Spooky.And we tried it out. What might seem a gimmick tech for tech"s sake is actually jolly good to use. You can see the benefit of a confident prod into the air, within your line of sight, rather than a confused search for a button as you drive.
Date written: 8 Jan 2017
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ID: 6314
If those zany futurists and their crystal balls are to be believed, in the future we will no longer drive cars, but be driven around in car-like pods.Now, as much as we try and hold back the tide of autonomous driving tech, it"s flooding the market. But what would car interiors look like when you no longer need to do the car-y bit? Well, wonder no more as BMW has given us an insight at this year"s CES show.It"s called the BMW i Inside Future concept and looks like a well-read stoner"s paradise. As you can see, it has a library and some rather suspect looking shrubbery growing under the rear bench. But aside from these and the very cool Eames-like chairs and roof-mounted head rests this airy cockpit is all about showing off a new technology: HoloActive Touch.It"s an evolution of BMW"s Gesture Control system that allows you to swoop and swish your hands around like Tom Cruise in Minority Report instead of having to physically press buttons. HoloActive Touch will ditch the traditional dashboard in favour of a massive floating display that stretches across the cabin. If you want to interact with it or change something like the radio station, instead of dealing with messy, complicated buttons you use your hand movements to react with a hologram display.A camera detects the hand movements and registers the position of fingertips, in particular. As soon as a fingertip makes contact with one of the virtual menu options, a pulse is emitted and the relevant action is activated. You"ll know you"ve made a selection thanks to feedback from an airborne vibrating pulse. Spooky.And we tried it out. What might seem a gimmick tech for tech"s sake is actually jolly good to use. You can see the benefit of a confident prod into the air, within your line of sight, rather than a confused search for a button as you drive.
Date written: 8 Jan 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6314
