New car technology is fast focusing on many things other than just the driving performance and handling. David Brown reports that interreacting with the driver and passengers is gaining a lot of attention.
Car makers are working hard on how they will communicate and entertain you in future vehicles.
The Volkswagen Group has taken a minority stake in SeeReal Technologies, a company that specializes in holographic display technology. The move will allow the German automaker to further develop 3D imagery to be used in in-car technology.
Similarly Jaguar is creating in-car technology that will project 3-D images in your line of site.
In the short term this will give you helpful driving information but when cars go autonomous it will transform a car into a mobile cinema
Tesla is adding games and apps that will keep drivers busy while their cars are charging.
David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry. A qualified Civil Engineer he specialised in traffic engineering and transport planning.
What followed were various positions including being seconded to a government think-tank for the planning of transport firstly in Sydney and then for the whole of NSW. After working with the NRMA and as a consultant he moved to being an independent writer and commentator on the broader areas of transport and the more specific areas of the cars we drive.
His half hour motoring program “Overdrive” has been described as an “informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas”. It is heard on 22 stations across Australia. He does weekly interviews with several ABC radio stations and is also heard on commercial radio in Sydney.
David has written for metropolitan and regional newspapers and has presented regular segments on metropolitan and regional television stations. David is also a contributor for AnyAuto
Holographic technology
Holographic technology