The carmaker shows off a concept augmented reality system based on a
pair of high-tech glasses that give you information about the real world
plus navigation and safety views.
Street signs and posters fill our urban environments but don't always tell us what we need to know. A funny set of high-tech goggles from Mini attempts to fill in the gaps, not only in your car, but on the road.
The BMW-owned carmaker introduced its Mini Augmented Vision technology as a concept at the Shanghai auto show, but it also gave me a demonstration in San Francisco. A pair of bug-eye glasses, containing Qualcomm's Snapdragon CPU, make up the hardware heart of the system.
The
glasses project imagery on the lenses in front of the your eyes, with a
perspective that changes as you turn your head, as if you were at the
center of a transparent globe of information. Turn to the left, and
you'll see information tags appropriate for whatever real world object
might be in view -- then look straight ahead and different information
shows up.
Street signs and posters fill our urban environments but don't always tell us what we need to know. A funny set of high-tech goggles from Mini attempts to fill in the gaps, not only in your car, but on the road.
The BMW-owned carmaker introduced its Mini Augmented Vision technology as a concept at the Shanghai auto show, but it also gave me a demonstration in San Francisco. A pair of bug-eye glasses, containing Qualcomm's Snapdragon CPU, make up the hardware heart of the system.
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