Hmm. Ford is signed on for future models. Does that mean they're abandoning the much-maligned MyFord Touch?
Apple CarPlay
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Re: Apple CarPlay
#182Yay, more touch screen in cars. More ways to distract, frustrate and confuse users who are operating a big box of steel weighing 3 tons and going at speeds the human brain has never evolved to appropriately deal with. 1) Not only are touch screens a very poor interactor in the first place [0], but why do you think planes and other complex machinery have stuck with physical controls? For operating complex vehicles/app…
Do you seriously think we'll have widespread self-driving cars — and not just the bare bones technology, but ones that we can ride in without any control at all, even while intoxicated — within a timespan short enough for every other advancement in car technology to not matter? I am almost 100% certain that we won't see that kind of thing even within the next few decades, if ever. Self-driving cars have way too many…
This is definitely a cultural difference.
In many countries in Europe driving a car is considered a pleasure and a skill.
Driving manual vs. automatic is considered the same as playing a guitar vs. playing Guitar Hero.
Re: Apple CarPlay
#183The big winners are insurance companies and reinsurance syndicates. When a car wrecks, there will be digital records of where the drivers were and what distractions they had leading up to the incident. Likewise when product liability is alleged against automakers.
This is the black box with access to your contacts and browsing history plus the ability to push Taco Bell ads directly to drivers. How much are your iMessage history and watering hole checkins and groundspeed worth to your insurer? Did you consider your insurer passing the cost of their access back to you with markup?
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#184Anyone here things that combining siri and apple maps to get advices while driving is a recipe for disaster ?
Re: Apple CarPlay
#185Yay, more touch screen in cars. More ways to distract, frustrate and confuse users who are operating a big box of steel weighing 3 tons and going at speeds the human brain has never evolved to appropriately deal with. 1) Not only are touch screens a very poor interactor in the first place [0], but why do you think planes and other complex machinery have stuck with physical controls? For operating complex vehicles/app…
The three cars I've owned in my lifetime all had 90% physical controls, with a small little digital screen that would display something like the radio station you're on, the temp, the strength of air, treble/bass, etc, etc. There was absolutely zero tactile feedback on all of them, as their were dedicated buttons that had to be cycled through to reach a state....and the only way you could know if you were getting to…
My 2002 Toyota Corolla might (does) have relatively few options for what you can adjust, but it certainly doesn't have cycling buttons requiring you to look at a tiny digital display. It doesn't have a display at all. The buttons are all labeled with what they do. The climate control is dials. Want to warm the passenger side a bit? Your option is to warm the whole car. Set the temperature dial to warm and the mode dial to (most likely) floor.
Your pre-1990 estimate is way, way, embarrassingly off, at best.
Re: Apple CarPlay
#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
My stepfather is a pilot. | but why do you think planes and other complex machinery have stuck with physical controls They haven't. Most new planes and retrofits are moving to touchscreens. It allows the pilot to display only the important information on screen at a given time. Like the airport map, for example.
But the yoke, pedals, etc are not touch screen.
so is driving wheel and brakes
Re: Apple CarPlay
#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
My stepfather is a pilot. | but why do you think planes and other complex machinery have stuck with physical controls They haven't. Most new planes and retrofits are moving to touchscreens. It allows the pilot to display only the important information on screen at a given time. Like the airport map, for example.
But the yoke, pedals, etc are not touch screen.
so is driving wheel and brakes
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#188Anyone here things that combining siri and apple maps to get advices while driving is a recipe for disaster ?
First time I used Apple Maps was for directions to a hospital. It added 30 minutes to my drive. Thankfully it was only a dislocated elbow we were dealing with and not someone choking to death.
I have no trust in Apple Maps.
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
> going at speeds the human brain has never evolved to appropriately deal with. Not to discuss your other points, but who are you to say the human brain has evolved or not to deal with X or Y ? The human brain is actually very capable of dealing with multiple sensory signals, and the fact that most people can drive cars on motorways without crashing in each other's every 2 seconds suggest that the human brain is perf…
He is accidentally technically correct. Saying that "the human brain evolved to do x" implies that evolution has purpose or intention, which is not the case.
No. Evolution is just a phenomenon, but its successful products, such as brains, have purposes. Eyes are there for seeing. They came about, in a sense, by coincidence, but they don't work by coincidence. There's no conceptual error in saying "a brain evolved to do X".
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
Am curious who is in charge on manufacturing the device.. Both car manufacturers and Apple have history of wanting build the "whole widget."
The home, menu and volume controls on the left don't look like something Apple would make.
Those main images are from a 2013/4 honda Civic.