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Death to the dashboard: AR windscreens in cars could make driving safer and easier
The adapted vehicle has been developed by Panasonic to include an augmented reality heads-up display. Taking six weeks for engineers to alter, the car is able to automatically adapt its screen view to the size and position of the driver.
In particular, it is able to identify objects in front of it using a range of inbuilt cameras. It then highlights them to the driver. A car changing lanes has a line appear under it showing movement and pedestrians can be highlighted, for example.
The two in-car cameras monitor the driver's position within their vehicleand adjust the on-screen display so it is at the same position as the driver's eyes.
The car made its debut at CES in Las Vegas earlier this month.