When the car was first invented, it actually had the same function as a horse. For a long time, people just regarded it as a simple means of transportation. But with the progress of science and technology, more and more new technologies are displayed on cars.
However, development will also encounter bottlenecks. In the 20th century, there were not many technical upgrades for automobiles for a long time. It was not until the popularization of electronic information technology that the automobile continuously raised the upper limit of the grade and began the road of "fighting monsters and upgrading".
The biggest change here, I think, is the instrument display technology. When people need to get more and more information from vehicles, a series of devices such as physical instruments, electronic instruments, liquid crystal displays, digital cockpit, HUD head-up display and even AR display will follow. The speed is dizzying, and a brief review can understand what happened in it.
This is a picture with a sense of the times. Before the 20th century, all vehicle information in Pu Sang was presented by physical means except time, such as physical pointer, physical warning light, physical odometer and so on. This can almost represent the automobile instrument before the 20th century, but it caused quite a stir when it was introduced to China at that time. In retrospect, it is not even as good as the calculator of the supermarket owner downstairs.
On the domestic timeline, this electronic instrument has been used in Pu Sang in 2004. The popularity of chips not only makes vehicles enter the era of EFI, but also makes instruments gradually electronic. Although there is not much upgrade and change in function, the aesthetic level has indeed improved a lot.
At the same time, the multimedia display screen has begun to take shape, of course, there is very little information that can be displayed at this time. But for consumers at that time, vehicles have gradually become more than just means of transportation, and audio-visual entertainment has become a major appeal. Whose car didn't have many at that time? ...
However, at the same time, technological innovation has come quietly. At that time, BMW released the first generation of iDrive system. The early iDrive system contained more than 700 operations. If you want to play, you have to read through the instructions, which was once criticized. Although the use of the first generation of iDrive is quite complicated, this concept has laid the foundation for the future.
Then 10 years later, internet technology broke out rapidly, digitalization and informatization developed rapidly, and automobiles certainly followed the trend. This is a lot of systems, including iDrive and MMI, which are familiar to everyone. At the same time, the car has also gone from a "watch" to an era of "watch+screen". In other words, the traditional information such as speed, speed and mileage is a "table", while the detailed status of audio-visual entertainment, navigation and vehicles is a "screen". During this period, most systems are still in the "stand-alone" period. Although this span is only ten years, it is more like a century's change.
At the same time, HUD with the concept of fighter helmet was introduced. Today, although HUD can display more and more information, it can't replace the traditional screen display due to the limitation of technology and cost. But this may be the key to the future. ...
More and more people are really making screens on cars. In 20 14, Audi launched the virtual cockpit, which is actually a new generation of Audi's infotainment system, also known as the "virtual cockpit". At that time, it was first used for TT and Lamborghini Mavericks in the same year. With this dashboard, Audi won the 20 16 and 20 17 Business Insider titles. Today, Audi set up three screens on the new A6, including the operation of air conditioning comfort system changed to touch.
On the contrary, Mercedes-Benz seems unwilling to do this. It seems to prefer a Dalian screen to do everything. Mercedes-Benz recently released a new generation of MBUX Hyperscreen interactive system. This new generation of multi-screen adopts the design of penetrating curved organic light-emitting diode, which has greatly improved the informationization and intelligence compared with the previous generation system. Its own hardware has also been upgraded to 8-core CPU, 24G memory, 46.4 Gb RAM memory bandwidth per second, multiple cameras and 1 optical sensor. The main interface of its central screen can display necessary contents according to the needs of drivers and passengers without scrolling or turning pages, that is, the concept of "zero-level" operation. In the future, it will be applied to the flagship electric vehicle EQS, and may become the first brand of BBA to upgrade to the next generation interconnected system.
However, our Tesla is a player who does everything on one screen. This design of placing the Ipad directly in the center of the interior has become a design for many new energy brands to learn. It has also changed the habits of many users. Powerful processors and real-time online transmission are like buying a mobile computer host. Compared with the interconnection system of traditional car companies, this system on Tesla has greater authority. But correspondingly, once the fault occurs, it will cause more trouble, so we will not evaluate the quality for the time being.
The debate about how many screens there should be on the bus continues, but as I said before, maybe they are all wrong. Panasonic released AR display technology at CES International Consumer Electronics Show in 20021year. This is based on HUD, including eye tracking technology, advanced optical system, high-precision artificial intelligence navigation, vibration control, real-time situation awareness, 3D imaging radar, 4K resolution and other advanced technologies. With the help of AI technology of Panasonic SPYDR cockpit domain controller, more vehicle information (speed, fuel, etc. ), the detected objects/pedestrians, and the near-field and far-field contents guided by maps/routes can be rendered and displayed at the virtual image distance above 10m in front of the vehicle.
In other words, maybe in the future, you only need AR, and you don't need instruments. After all, it is still a dangerous action to look down at your watch while driving. From the market point of view, AR is also one of the fastest growing categories in the market, and the downward trend of its cost is inevitable. The speed of popularization may be faster than we thought, and it may not take ten years this time.