{"id":49889,"date":"2023-05-17T13:02:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49889"},"modified":"2023-05-17T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:02:14","slug":"bmw-partnering-with-meta-to-create-extended-reality-in-car-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49889","title":{"rendered":"BMW Partnering With Meta to Create Extended Reality In-Car Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW is continuing its transition further and further into the Ultimate Technology Machine, as it partners with Meta to create in-car extended reality. Extended reality (XR) sounds like a technology the villain would use in a Phillip K. Dick novel to see the warp the minds of the innocent. However, in upcoming BMWs, ER is going to provide passengers with additional cabin experiences while on the move.<\/p>\n

A few luxury cars already have augmented reality<\/a> (AR) technology built into their infotainment systems. Mercedes was the first brand to introduce an AR navigation display, which overlayed turn-by-turn navigation instructions onto a camera feed of the road ahead, showing the driver exactly where to turn. BMW now does something similar. However, this would go beyond that.<\/p>\n

While drivers obviously can\u2019t wear virtual reality<\/a> (VR) goggles in a car, VR headset technology was used to help create BMW\/Meta\u2019s ER tech. To accurately display virtual graphics inside of a car in real time, and track the driver\u2019s vision, it BMW and Meta needed to work together to create a system that monitored both the driver\u2019s head movements and those of the car. If you wear a normal VR headset in a car (which is unbelievably dangerous, do NOT do that), the headset act wonky because it\u2019d be not only picking up the motion of the the wearer but also the car. So BMW and Meta worked together to add the sensor date from the car\u2019s motion to the XR system, so it can work properly. It\u2019s how BMW recently created a VR game that could be plated with a BMW, which obviously isn\u2019t ready for production.<\/p>\n