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Asus R710 GPS with Head-Up Display Demoed on Video
Posted by Kit Eaton at 12:00 AM on August 5, 2008
This is some video of Asus' swanky new GPS model that projects data onto your windshield, saving you from distracting yourself from the road by peering at a device screen. So will the R710 make you feel like you're flying a fighter aircraft with glitzy HUD graphics? No, not really, as it projects just some very basic info, like distance to next turn and which direction you're going in. But if it prevents accidents, and makes navigating across tricky junctions a little easier since you won't have to move your eyes from the road, seems like a great idea to me. [Navigadget]
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SigmundTheSeaMonster
Posted 12:46 AM 5/8/08
@kickassy: Your point? ;)
SigmundTheSeaMonster
kickassy
Posted 12:37 AM 5/8/08
Wont some of the light go through the glass and blind oncoming drivers?
kickassy
CYST!
Posted 12:36 AM 5/8/08
this'll be cool when there is more on the windshield than that little arrow.
CYST!
chasmm
Posted 12:29 AM 5/8/08
I hope this works better than the HUD on our 2002 Buick Rendezvous...
With that one, if you were wearing polarized sunglasses, then you couldn't see the HUD.
chasmm
Noobs-R-Us
Posted 12:18 AM 5/8/08
What's up with the lisp?
Noobs-R-Us
jun2san
Posted 12:16 AM 5/8/08
So how exactly does this project on to the windshield?
jun2san
RainyDayInterns
Posted 12:15 AM 5/8/08
Definitely the right direction to go for GPS displays...
RainyDayInterns
Mandatory_Field
Posted 1:06 AM 5/8/08
What? Some people have Heads-Up ASUS? What a surprise....
Mandatory_Field
rshettle
Posted 2:28 AM 5/8/08
@kickassy: Only if the other drivers floating are directly above you AND staring at the top of your dashboard. Seriously dude...
rshettle
Log1c
Posted 2:17 AM 5/8/08
Awesome.
But I think I might be more distracted by the numbers counting down. I'd be like 100..90..80... BAM! and hit some car that I missed because I like blinking lights.
Log1c
Barry99705
Posted 3:17 AM 5/8/08
@jun2san: At the begging of the pan to the hud you can see a tube looking thing sticking out of the side, that's the projector.
@kickassy I don't think the light is that bright.
Barry99705
MannishBoy
Posted 3:42 AM 5/8/08
@chasmm:
That's always going to be a problem with HUD (and some LCDs for that matter). HUDs work off reflections, which polarization is suppose to remove to make things clearer.
I love my HUD in one of my cars, and wish more manufactures would use them because they are great safety features to keep your eyes on the road instead of down on the dash or radio. I avoid polarized lenses on my sunglasses for this reason. It's a tradeoff I'm willing to make.
MannishBoy
apeguero
Posted 5:01 AM 5/8/08
@chasmm: How have the Defense Industry solved this problem with HUDs now? Those jocks have to deal with alot worst blinding sunlight all the time. Plus, I think their helmets are polarized.
They should also add warning lights for low fuel and tire pressure plus the CEL too. This is long overdue.
apeguero
Tango404
Posted 5:29 AM 5/8/08
Very interesting! This definitely is the right direction. I was reading about displaying in your glasses and even in your contact lenses at [www.internetevolution.com]
Tango404
Worf
Posted 4:50 AM 6/8/08
Actually, the HUD panel on jets is made of treated glass - it's a regular old CRT style tube (no polarization issues), aimed at a special glass that only reflects the wavelength of the display tube (which is why they're only shown in one color). The graphics remain simple because shading/etc doesn't work too well either (and obscures the view).
Plus, with the glass at a fixed angle, any polarization that happens is easily compensated for - cars don't have such luxury.
Worf