The Revolutionary Garmin HUD Technology Development!

By Fred McDowell


Garmin simply sliced the cost of head-up screens from more than $1,000 to simply $130 with the introduction of a stick-on-the-dash HUD that tasks navigation information on your windscreen. The Garmin HUD a cool advancement can quickly pairs with your smartphone running Garmin StreetPilot or Navigon GPS software application by means of Bluetooth. Much like high-end HUDs, the info bounces off a transflective patch on the windshield.

Shown information consists of turn arrows, distance to the next turn, your rate, the rate limit, excessive speed, approximated time of arrival, and lane support such as which lane for exits vs. with quality traffic. If you sign up for exceptional services, you can also get quality traffic info and picture radar notifies.

A head-up screen makes use of a small projector, usually set into the top of the dash but here on top of the dash. It forecasts information onto a silvered layer at the base of the windshield. It's almost entirely transparent and many travelers do not even understand it exists. Just the driver can see the display. Audi, BMW, GM, Nissan/Infiniti, and Toyota/Lexus provide HUDs on some models. BMW has HUDs throughout many of the line, at $1,200, thought about pretty expensive. Inbuilt HUDs also provide audio details, flexible cruise control settings, a tachometer, and forward crash warning. Many are multi-color however not full-color, and the majority of do not yet have the resolution to provide a relocating map, even if the automaker decided that it would not be too distracting.

In its launch, Garmin states that by providing detailed roadway guidance at a glance and right within the driver's line of sight, HUD can help increase security and minimize motorist diversion. You can find out even more details by checking out. That is spot on. Motorists who have actually never ever experienced a HUD, or who encounter it for the first time, may think it's sidetracking to have all that details up there in your line of vision. Reality is, it's only one of the most standard information you truly ought to have, and from setup you can trim downward from what the automaker offers.

As for time starts, Garmin HUD is just for navigation. But imagine a hacked Garmin HUD, or someone else's head-up display module, that isn't locked simply to Garmin or Navigon navigation. Suppose, for example, you can project your texts on the HUD. Or redirect the speech-to-text translation of your reply. Great for you, possibly dangerous for someone else. Some automakers display texts and the first sentences of emails on the facility stack display. With technology like this available eventually, it's a reminder that if safety lovers try to lock down everything done by automakers, third parties will develop workarounds.

To conclude, how amazing is innovation. With Garmin HUD, Users can pick between showing HUD navigation information on their windshield, with the consisted of, transparent movie, or on to the included reflector lens that affixes straight to HUD. The device pairs wirelessly with a suitable Bluetooth-enabled iPhone, Android phone or Windows Phone 8.




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