It's not a good idea to have a bright augmentation of the road's edge. If you can't see that, it's a good signal that driving conditions aren't good enough. And if the tech gets it wrong, the driver has two conflicting visual signals to follow. That's not good.
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > "augmented reality windshield"? For a car? Don't know what frightens me > more: that people already distracted while chatting on cellphones or texting > have a new distraction...or the fact that this pic seems to indicated this > is tech built on a Microsoft OS! :( > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:20:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies > > > > Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging > technologies<http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217.html> Augmented > reality on your windshield > > - Next Image ยป <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-2.html> > > [image: Augmented reality on your > windshield]<http://content.zdnet.com/2347-11422_22-418217-418218.html?seq=1> > The human/machine interface department at GM has developed a working > heads-up display that turns an ordinary windshield into an augmented reality > information dashboard. > > *See full story: * An augmented reality windshield from > GM<http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=2164&tag=col1;post-2164>in Chris > Jablonski's Emerging > Tech blog <http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/>. > > *Credit: General Motors and Carnegie Mellon University* > > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-1.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-2.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-3.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-4.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-5.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-6.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-7.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-8.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-9.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-10.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-11.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-12.html> > - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-13.html> > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > >
