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HTC Pursuing VR for Vehicles

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese media reports that HTC is working with car makers, and will use its HTC Vive VR headset as a new car demonstrator in 2016. HTC is currently working with Ford to showcase its …

Better Pixels and Cheaper Tech Coming to Vegas

by Tom Allen

CES is almost here again – in fact, it will only be a couple of days away by the time you read this piece. Cue a week of meeting and greeting, some (hopefully) fascinating …

Panasonic Focuses Touch on Automotive

by Tom Allen

Panasonic is seeking to transition its touch panel production completely to vehicle applications by 2020, say sources quoting Japan’s Nikkei newspaper. About 70% of Panasonic’s touch business is dedicated to vehicle applications today. According …

Local Automotive Infotainment is Old Hat

by Ken Werner

For troglodytes such as myself — who believe that the reason for Interstate Highway on-ramps is to see how much lateral acceleration you can generate as you drive up them — it is disheartening …

Tags:Automotive| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Car Displays as the New “Wearable” Device

by Steve Sechrist

Admittedly, this may be a bit of a stretch but perhaps the next revolution in wearable devices is as close as your garage. That car (or pickup truck) we climb into every day could …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Mobile Apps| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables

Delphi advances automated vehicle project at CES; adds V2E™ technologies

by Isaac Oburu

Three months after its introduction at CES 2015, Delphi’s automated vehicle completed the longest automated drive in North America — traveling from San Francisco to New York. For CES 2016, Delphi is taking active …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2015| CES 2016

CES Invitations I Didn’t Answer

by Ken Werner

If you register for the Consumer Electronics Show as an analyst or member of the press, the CES folks distribute your contact info to all of the CES exhibitors. Many of these exhibitors then …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2016| Lighting| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Land Rover Uses Holographic Display Technology for HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

Last year Jaguar Land Rover announced that they are offering a newly-developed HUD on the new Land Rover Evoque. While HUD’s are becoming almost a must for luxury vehicles, this particular announcement is a …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor

Volvo Cars to develop next generation automotive technologies with Microsoft

by Isaac Oburu

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, will work together with Microsoft, the leading platform and productivity company, to jointly develop next generation automotive technologies. The two companies today revealed how Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s …

Tags:Automotive| Microsoft

Volvo Works With Microsoft’s Hololens

by Tom Allen

Volvo has signed a deal with Microsoft, to jointly develop ‘next-generation’ automotive technologies. The companies have released a video (http://tinyurl.com/pwj7bbg) showing how Microsoft’s Hololens could be used as a car is being developed – …

Tags:Automotive| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

The Nissan Smart Rear View Mirror

by Arthur Berman

A new-to-me display application was reported in the news during this past week. It is an improvement to the conventional automotive rear view mirror. The need for an improvement can be illustrated by offering …

Tags:Automotive| Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

Most Appoints Eurofins for CI+ Testing

by Milos Pavlovic

Eurofins Digital Testing has been approved as the testing laboratory for automotive entertainment systems, using the MOST network to deliver protected content that uses CI+. (The MOST Cooperation claims that the Media Oriented Systems …

Tags:Automotive| CI+ Interface| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 22 - Issue 44