Comments on: GM reinvents head-up display technology

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:34:36 +0000

What a great idea.

I also share the same thoughts as Blaze.

In regard to the lines on the side of the road around signs etc…

Instead of them replicating the lines digitally /lighting up phosphors on the windscreen working of the camera or co-ordinates.

It would be better to have the lines/signs on the road coated in a special material/substance or possibly even sensors that the windscreen can react to and light up the
lines/signs dynamically and hopefully with fluid motion to prevent distraction.

By: Shak

Shak — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:58:11 +0000

Whats wrong with GM reliability. I’ve had commodores for twenty years and not one has ever had anything more serious than a flat tire. Not a single one. Its the quality department in which GM has been lacking, but judging from the Astra, Insignia, Cruze and several Buicks, they are rapidly fixing this.

By: Shak

Shak — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:56:18 +0000

I have heard a rumour from a friend in the auto industry that they will in the future use this tech along with other camera’s and sensors to allow a car to completely drive itself. They told me that the camera would read the projection of the lines and translate it into steering wheel movement. The sensors would work in the same way active cruise control does to regulate speed and stop the car. Lets hope someone comes out with this type of tech soon, as this seems to be the only way to reduce the road toll. By giving the job of driving to a machine that was designed for that sole purpose(unlike human beings), and that does not reply or disobey instructions(only Toyotas do that nowadays), because it seems as if its up to the auto giant’s to do this and not our reluctant governments.

By: blitzkrieg

blitzkrieg — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:45:52 +0000

nah,they would make it expensive to replace. The 1994 nissan SSS bluebird had a HUD on the windscreen $1200 to replace

By: blitzkrieg

blitzkrieg — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:39:35 +0000

Especially when they raced through Poland

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:30:06 +0000

For GM I’d be more concerned with improving quality and reliability rather than trying to take on the big boys with expensive, sophisticated stuff.

By: Lukaas

Lukaas — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:53:44 +0000

Speedometer is fine… maybe that fog counter measure where a line is drawn on the windshield… thats fine too.

But seriously, this will get over killed and be used to display other useless things sooner than later.

By: Elitist

Elitist — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:16:02 +0000

At Least the Nazi’s had no speed limits…i.e Autobahn

By: The Realist

The Realist — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:51:51 +0000

If the German Government owned BMW they could use tax payer dollars to assist in even more R&D too…

By: Redback

Redback — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:32:53 +0000

Actually, the windscreens would be fairly inexpensive. The phosphor coating is very cheap to apply and a micro-lensing laminate layer would be only marginally more expensive than a normal laminate layer. I’d think we’re talking no more than $50 total (additional cost). The real cost is in the laser projection components, – but even they would reduce significantly in price with volume manufacture.