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Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by lsc »

GBond wrote: post #137
drbawb wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest this is sort of how I felt when I got my first iPhone. I was downtown in a very busy urban center that I absolutely hate navigating. I was so happy to have an iPhone that was aiding me through the maze of one-way streets; for once I wouldn't be late for my rendezvous. Just then: the person I was picking up decided to call me. iOS decided that a phone call was more important than driving, so it displayed…

Sooo... you're upset your phone behaves like a phone?

For most of us, I think it's primarily a pocket computer. If you really just want a phone, you are massively overpaying if you get an iphone. I mean, sure, it has phone functionality as well, and that's handy, but just because we still call it a phone, don't think that most of us use smartphones primarily for audio communication.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by tshile »

andrewfong wrote: post #140
glitch003 wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't just blurt the message out, it tells you who it's from and asks if you want to hear it. At least that's how my Moto X works. Example: (Phone): New text message from John Smith. Would you like to hear it? (You): Yes. (Phone): "Bla bla text message contents here"

(Phone): New text message from . Would you like to hear it? (Your Spouse): Yes.

(Your Coworkers): Yes

I think the moto x is an awesome phone but this is indeed a problem :)

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by mikeash »

GBond wrote: post #137
drbawb wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest this is sort of how I felt when I got my first iPhone. I was downtown in a very busy urban center that I absolutely hate navigating. I was so happy to have an iPhone that was aiding me through the maze of one-way streets; for once I wouldn't be late for my rendezvous. Just then: the person I was picking up decided to call me. iOS decided that a phone call was more important than driving, so it displayed…

Sooo... you're upset your phone behaves like a phone?

Why is that so absurd? The only reason these things are called "phones" anymore is tradition and inertia. The "phone" app on my "phone" is one of the least frequently used.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by marcosdumay »

GBond wrote: post #137
drbawb wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be honest this is sort of how I felt when I got my first iPhone. I was downtown in a very busy urban center that I absolutely hate navigating. I was so happy to have an iPhone that was aiding me through the maze of one-way streets; for once I wouldn't be late for my rendezvous. Just then: the person I was picking up decided to call me. iOS decided that a phone call was more important than driving, so it displayed…

Sooo... you're upset your phone behaves like a phone?

I'm too. I'm upset that my phone behaves as a phone when I'm driving, and late at night. It doesn't need to (and it can ask me the important numbers that can call me at night).

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by GrinningFool »

kaoD wrote: post #17
100k wrote: post #2

HUD navigation could be cool, but anything that takes attention from driving like showing text messages is a terrible idea and should be banned. Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous. Even hands free phone calls are distracting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safet...

Well, if hand free phone calls are distracting because you're holding a conversation, we should ban talking to your passengers on a car too, right? Even driving with passengers should be banned just in case, and all vehicles be single-seaters or have soundproof glass between the driver and passengers. Music is pretty distracting to some people. Car stereos should definitely be banned too. To be fair, both having a co…

> we should ban talking to your passengers on a car too, right

You may be on to something. You've seen the number of people out there who actually turn to face their passengers full on while driving, right?

Actually it's pretty odd. I don't look at the passenger when I'm driving, though of course we'll converse. Even at stop lights, I spend more time checking the light and my rear view mirror than I do looking at my passenger. My responsibility as a driver requires me to do so when I'm driving, whether it's slow, fast or stopped.

This makes a lot of people noticeably uncomfortable.

I've taken to actually turning my face slightly towards people periodically, while keeping eyes ahead -- just to avoid creating a sense of awkwardness.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by jcampbell1 »

LemonPieDeluxe wrote: post #101

Video @ 0:33: Am I the only person who noticed the Bentley badge on the Ford Fusion? Director Easter egg?

I noticed that too. I can't imagine either company would be happy about that.

It would have been funnier had they used the Aston Martin logo, since the Fusion grill design is a rip off of the iconic Aston Martin shape. In Ford's defense, they did own Aston Martin until 2007.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by chromelyke »

100k wrote: post #2

HUD navigation could be cool, but anything that takes attention from driving like showing text messages is a terrible idea and should be banned. Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous. Even hands free phone calls are distracting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_and_driving_safet...

I have a HUD in my car - it is great for navigation events and alerts. Turn arrows, street names and lane restrictions are all displayed when navigating. When not navigating it shows speed and alerts. Using the steering controls you can scroll through radio/media options. The image appears to be farther away than what is displayed in this product. That is a very important distinction. By appearing farther away you needn't refocus every time you glance slightly down to view the HUD data. This looks like a translucent screen right in front of the wheel. Not good.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

drbawb wrote: post #103
tshile wrote: post #92

Using a HUD to read/write texts/tweets? It seems like the creators missed all the studies about the dangers of distracted driving. And pilots use HUD's so this must be safe? That would potentially hold water, if the pilots were using huds to tweet, text, and select music while landing... instead they're using huds to display important information... I like the technology, I just don't like the suggested use cases for…

Precisely. I've long wanted to build a HUD that could project on all the glass surfaces of my car. If I were building a HUD, it should be giving me a "heads up." The windshield would have navigational aids, but any surface in the car could be used to display hazards! I want my car to identify if a pedestrian is present (highlighted in yellow) or if they appear to be crossing my heading (highlighted in red.) I want my…

Good suggestions, drbawb.
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