Heads-Up Displays

Aside from the obvious emotional benefits–it’s hard not to feel a little like a jet fighter pilot when driving a car with a heads-up display–heads-up displays are a great example of technology making driving safer. Instead of looking at physical gauges and center stack-mounted GPS screens, drivers can look straight out the windshield and instantly know information like Bluetooth phone caller ID, GPS directions, and speed/time/temperature. Future iterations (like Audi’s next-generation MMI Touch) will use greater swaths of the windshield and augmented reality to point arrows at the exact street you need to turn onto, or highlight your exact destination.